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DParty served an ultimatum Kumar, BJP president Amit the back door in Bihar and hav- on the BJP to end the logjam Shah asserted that the NDA ing 22 sitting MPs, the party $ over seat-sharing in Bihar, the will win more than 31 seats it agreed to give an equal num- NDA big brother made a major had in 2014 and expressed ber of seats to Nitish, who had % compromise by agreeing to confidence that it will come returned with a tally of only contest five seats less than they back to power in 2019. two seats. “Now you can under- % )%'0 7-3%8* won in the 2014 Lok Sabha The deal suggests a victo- stand the dire straits the NDA polls in Bihar, allotting 17 seats ry of sorts for the LJP, which is in,” the RJD leader said. n a stunning victory to the Janata Dal(U) and six to had adopted an aggressive Ending its 17-year-old ICongress’ Naman Bixal the LJP. The BJP will contest 17 stand seeking a better bargain alliance with the NDA, the Kongadi became the new MLA of the 40 seats in the State. from the BJP after the exit of JD(U) had contested 2014 Lok of Kolebira Assembly While the BJP and the Upendra Kushwaha-led RLSP Sabha polls alone. Following its Constituency by defeating his JD(U) had already agreed to from the ruling alliance. poor performance, it forged the nearest rival BJP’s Basant ry that the results were indica- contest equal number of seats, Shah said all allies will “mahagathbandhan” with the Soreng by 9,658 votes. The tive of the oppressive policies but till the LJP mounted pres- soon decide on distribution of RJD and the Congress and the results of the Kolebira of the BJP. “The people of sure, there were indication that Lok Sabha constituencies alliance achieved a handsome Assembly bypoll were declared Kolebira have given a big mes- the BJP wanted the junior part- among them for fielding their victory in 2015 Bihar Assembly in Simdega on Sunday. sage to the country. It is because ner to agree to contest 4-5 seats candidates in 2019. polls. Nitish, who had in the Notably, Jharkhand Party of the hard work of the work- only. However, the LJP clinched Paswan, whose son Chirag meanwhile taken over as the candidate Menon Ekka, who ers and officers of the Congress a good bargain as besides the had created a flutter with his JD(U) president, walked out of was supported by Jharkhand party, who must be congratu- six seats it will get to contest, comments seen as critical of the the alliance last year following Mukti Morcha and Rashtriya lated on the occasion. We will party chief Ram Vilas Paswan BJP and the Central corruption allegations against Janata Dal secured fourth posi- also visit those areas where we will also be sent to the Rajya Government, on Sunday Tejashvi, his then deputy. tion with 16445 votes. could not get votes to find out Sabah as a NDA nominee. claimed there was never a The JD(U) chief stitched a Rashtriya Sengel Party candi- why those people are unhappy The present strength of problem in the alliance as he 4 ' 153 $ $6 0 /5 6 7 89 new alliance with the BJP, date Anil Kandulna secured with us. The results of Kolebira the BJP in Bihar is 22, while the has nurtured the “NDA tree” $ ' P 0 ' which had been smarting third place by securing 23799 will decide the fate and direc- JD(U) has only two member in for five years under Modi’s under its humiliating defeat in votes. tion of the State politics,” he the Lok Sabha. The LJP had leadership. A Government 32 of the 40 seats in Bihar in Sabha, Nitish Kumar said it is Mahagathbandhan, Tejashwi the Assembly polls. The grand Kongadi, who was given said. contested seven seats in the under Modi will be formed 2009 even though results across a recognition to his long service claimed that the BJP gave in to alliance, of which the RJD is the the winning certificate by elec- Congress legislature party 2014 polls and barring one, all again, he said. the country had gone against it. to the country and also thanked arm-twisting by Nitish and largest constituent, was left tion officer after his win, gar- leader Alamgir Alam said on its candidates had won. The Dalit leader also “This time we will do better the BJP for the decision. Paswan. His remark was a ref- truncated and it suffered set- nered a total of 40,343 votes, the occasion that the people of BJP’s decimation in seat thanked Finance Minister than that,” he said. He was a Paswan is a nine-term member erence to Paswan’s son and LJP backs like former State while BJP’s Basant Soreng got Kolebira rejected the BJP once arrangements prompted the Arun Jaitley, who played a role BJP ally in 2009 before parting of the Lok Sabha and the deci- Parliamentary Board chief Congress president Ashok a total of 30,685 votes after 20 again as they showed their RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav to in brokering peace between his ways with it in 2013. He joined sion means that the 72-year-old Chirag Paswan recently writing Choudhary joining the JD(U) rounds of counting. As many as unhappiness through votes. take a jibe at the BJP for agree- party and the BJP. the NDA again in 2017. leader is unlikely to contest any to Jaitley and requesting him to along with his supporters. It 118914 voters had exercised They have given a clear man- ing to contest only 17 seats in In his comments, the Bihar Commenting on the deci- more popular election and will elucidate the benefits of received a shot in the arm their franchise, out of which date that only the ideology of Bihar in the Lok Sabha polls Chief Minister, who enjoys sion to send Paswan, present- be handing over the reins of the demonetisation so that his recently with the RLSP, a 3694 voted for NOTA. Congress can take the State to next year despite having won good equations with Paswan, ly a Lok Sabha member from party to his son. party could explain the same to former NDA ally, joining the Congress State president greater heights. 22 in the last general elections. noted that the NDA had won Hajipur in Bihar, to the Rajya On his part as leader of the its voters. alliance. Ajoy Kumar said on the victo- Continued on Page 4 O ! police had forced them to " # abandon their plan to visit the hill shrine and return. However, rejecting the ! charge, the police said that the #$ $ % & activists had came back on " '%&"( their own due to security issues, " adding that two cases were reg- % ) )** istered against the protesters , based on the complaint lodged #- by Manithi members. !% )** Earlier, braving several protests on their way, the 11- . /- 0! ,! member team, all belonging to % ) the traditionally-barred age group, reached here by 3.30 am . 1 ,! ,# through the Idukki- Kambamedu route on the % & Kerala-Tamil Nadu border. ' ; $ # O6 P $ $ 7 Of the 11, six carried the #$ 2 1 4! traditional irumudikettu which 3 1 ' ! is mandatory to climb the “pathinettam padi” (holy steps 3 4 % 2-1&- them away. leading to sanctum sancto- 2 - ! The women and the police rum). But, the women could ! # $ %%% " # ith just four days left for had to virtually run from the not move forward and had to $ & ' ' Wthe culmination of the scene to the safety of a nearby wait at the entry of the forest $ ' ($$ $ $ ) $ ( % () first phase of the annual guardroom, abandoning the path for over six hours follow- $ ' $ * +, ' $ M N$/ ( Sabarimala pilgrimage, a group trekking plan. ing “namajapa” (chanting ' 0 1 2%3 4 #*+,- $*. * of 11 women of menstruating Defying prohibitory orders, sacred hymns) protests staged " age on Sunday made an unsuc- hundreds of devotees thronged by hundreds of devotees. cessful bid to offer prayers at the forest path here blocking The BJP and other right- - *5! the Lord Ayyappa shrine as the way of the women, who wing activists too staged nama- 6!! they were forced to return by reached in the early hours japa protests across the State - # protesting devotees. from Chennai. Police tried to including before the Cliff %-81 -&- ;<=:&*7- in Jharkhand. murder case. Babulal Marandi’s community leader who had Accompanied by police remove the protesters by force House, the official residence of '>8-7<8-3 ( With this victory, the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha had won the seat on a Congress personnel, the members of as they were not ready to Chief Minister Pinarayi Congress increases its tally to supported the Congress. ticket in 2017, resigned from ' / 0 Chennai-based women budge despite their repeated Vijayan in he ruling BJP comfortably 8 in the 82-member Jharkhand In Gujarat BJP candidate the party and also the 1234+ 7 empowerment outfit “Manithi” announcements to disperse Thiruvananrhapuram. Twon the bypoll from Jasdan Assembly. The bypoll was Kunvarji Bavaliya defeated Assembly, and joined the BJP. could barely move 100 metres leading to the arrest of some of Kerala-based Dalit activist, Assembly seat in Gujarat on necessitated after Enos Ekka of Congress nominee Avsar With this, the BJP now has !4 8 1 through the traditional forest the protesting devotees. Ammini, who announced to Sunday, taking its tally in the Jharkhand Party, who repre- Nakiya by a margin of 19,979 100 MLAs in the 182-member 7 " " path towards the temple when Before returning, Selvi, the trek to Sabarimala, returned House to 100, while the sented the constituency in the votes, officials said. The by- Gujarat Legislative Assembly, hundreds of devotees rushed co-coordinator of the outfit, after reaching Erumely, over 50 Congress won the Assembly, lost his membership election was necessitated after while the Congress tally has * # down to the valley to chase told reporters here that the km from here. Kolebira(ST) Assembly bypoll following his conviction in a Bavaliya, an influential Koli come down to 76. !" 6 ! )
# &' ' Arvind Smart Textile and the icy, subsidy of additional Rs land worship rituals for Phase 1000 is being given to the ( 2 has been done. On comple- company. A subsidy of Rs. /0 39 :8* has strongly pitched for advantage of this in the 1962 # tion of Phase 2 of Arvind 5000 per person per month and “enhancing the level of priori- war and therefore we ought to Textiles worth Rs 300 crore, 16 a subsidy of Rs. 6000 per espite India’s advantageous ty to border roads”. draw lessons from the past on million garments will be pro- woman employment is being Dgeographical position in The panel, chaired by this matter, it added. % 7-3%8* duced each year. By this, 7500 given. Soon, textile policy will Doklam and its infrastructure Congress leader Shashi During their visit, the people will get direct employ- be encouraged to make a tex- push post its standoff with Tharoor, said it was “per- panel members realised only hief Minister Raghubar ment, of which 80 per cent will tile park here, he added. China, Beijing still holds an turbed…that despite a marked some of the border posts are CDas today pledged to be women. Large number of The CM said that people edge in terms of connectivity. progress in recent years, the connected by all weather roads. develop Jharkhand as a textile indirect jobs will also be creat- are being trained through skill While many Indian roads border road infrastructure on “The panel members were hub citing investment friend- ed,” said the CM. development to connect them cannot withstand the pressure the India-China border is shown pictures of infrastruc- ly government and abundance He said that the textile with employment. “The impact of military traffic even 46 years grossly inadequate, as con- ture developed on both the of human and natural resources $6 8 $4 7 ! $ $ industry has the highest of the government's efforts on after China took advantage of firmed by its own observations sides of the border and major in the State. While inaugurat- $4 ' ! $ 86 0 8 ' / employment opportunities. To skill development is also in it in the 1962 war, a number of from its visits”. discrepancies were clearly vis- ing of the first unit of Rampur 6748/ ' 6' / ' promote this, the government front. People are getting important sectors continue to In several important sec- ible. The sorry situation has Arvind Smart Textile and /8/; 4 7 / 7 has made the best textile poli- employment in their home. be dependent on “single access tors, India is “dependent on sin- accumulated over the year. Phase 2 of Bhoomi Poojan 9 6 cy in the country, the effect of Earlier, our girls had to go to routes” that could be “risky in gle access routes, a risky propo- Some roads in Guwahati, here on Sunday the CM said which is visible. Special provi- another State for jobs of Rs 7- times of conflict”. sition in times of conflict. Tawang and Gangtok were that the company will provide “Today is an important fast in the direction of devel- sions have been made in this 8 thousand. They were exploit- A parliamentary panel that Worse, many roads are not constructed under the Prime ample employment opportu- day for Jharkhand as new oping Jharkhand as a textile policy to link women to ed in every way. Now they will took a first-hand stock of the built to withstand military traf- Minister Gram Sadak Yojna nities to the people of the employment opportunities are hub. In the same link today the employment. On the employ- not only get rid of the life ground situation in Doklam fic. China had specifically taken (PMGSY). State. opening here. We are growing inauguration of the first unit of ment of women under the pol- Continued on Page 4
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% -:$=3 -3> "#$ ! ).0 1 1 %& he 134 battalion of CRPF '( There at GLA college ground today celebrated its maiden ! !) Kissan Sammelan cum Beej Vitran function to mark the National Farmers’ Day. A gath- ! ! ering of 60 farmers attended this simple but impressive func- + tion of the CRPF here. Stating this Commandant ! % *7* *8 of the 134 battalion of CRPF AD Sharma said, “Our IG team of district police bust- CRPF Sanjay Anand Lathkar is + + ! Aed a gang of mafia operat- the driving force behind this ! ing from various places and interaction and interfacing of supplying coal to Bihar, UP and CRPF with the farmers of + ) ( other parts of the country fol- lock cart loaded with more Mahesh Yadav,Chhote Lal Palamu. The IG asked us to sit lowing raids on Bengabad on than 150 tonnes of coal, police Yadav,Vijay Yadav,Pramod with the farmers. We did the NH and on NH-2 (GT Road). have located an office of the Verma,Sanichar Rawut,Lal Deo same here today. We heard each Over 150 tonnes of coal being racketeers at Bengabad, about Yadav and four others. other.” as they did today. It makes us “Our second component is these farmers at the market carried in four trucks, one 709 5 kms away from same police The SP said the quality of “Back in our six camps repeat our most trusted slogan distribution of seeds among price. There will be no bar- with them a sample of their truck and 30 bullock carts station on Dhanbad-Bengabad papers of fake challans, in where CRPF companies have Jai Jawan, Jai Kissan.” the farmers. There are seeds of gaining. This will further soil. CRPF here has arranged were seized in the six-hour road, and seized papers, trans- which the official hologram of been deployed like Dagra, One farmer participant numerous vegetables like lady’s cement our bond with the soil testing facility. It will operation and 10 persons were port challans and loading CCL and BCCL were Chak, Manatu, Taal, Kooh Saryu Pd Yadav of Chak said, finger, gourd, cucumber, farmers”. enable them to find out what arrested. advices from coalfields with the embossed was so good that no Kooh Kalan and Harihurganj, “I just never believed CRPF onion, tomatoes, brinjal, car- 134 battalion of CRPF has kind of crop the soil is suited SDPO, Giridih, Jit Wahan hologram of BCCL and CCL one could doubt about the our jawans there are doing would be so standing with us rot, maithee etc. The seeds are given 5,000 in cash to farmers for. Oraon, who led the raiding from there. credibility of the documents. shramdan with farmers in their like this. It is drought time. My of high quality. It was given all of Dagra village to grow veg- “Believe it our cops at our team, said the gang was trans- "On verification, police "This was the biggest-ever fields and doing works like paddy is wasted. But this care free to the farmers here today. gies also for their own con- 6 camps have even worked porting the coal to Varanasi in found all the papers were operation against the coal weeding out non palatable and concern of CRPF helps me Seeds are in various weights sumption and for commercial with spade. One who used to UP and Dehri-on-Sone in forged and through these, the mafia in this belt in which grasses in the field or are lev- to stand in this hour of distress from 20 gram to one and a half output of it by way of its sale carry gun across the shoulder Bihar through fake challans. consignment of coal was dis- police have not only exposed eling the fields as part of their with this feeling that there is kilogram also” Sharma said. in our Dagra camp, said he. used spade. Is this not a sign "Although on previous occa- patched to various parts of the the modus operandi of the shramdan,” said Sharma. CRPF standing for us now.” This CRPF commandant About the third compo- for more solidarity with the sion, a large number of trucks country illegally, forcing the illegal miners but have also sent “With this shramdan, we “We have five components has this interesting piece to nent Sharma said “Farmers farmers who are the spine of carrying illegal coal being State to incur huge revenue loss a signal to other racketeers of want to convey that security of this farmers’ gathering here. share when he said, “These have been shown films and the country?” he said. transported on fake documents amounting to several hundred the country who were minting forces toil as hard as the farm- First is the workshop on farm- farmers who have come here videos of advanced agro activ- The second in command were seized, this time in a crores of rupees," said Giridih crores of rupees from the ille- ers and both can do a lot for ing. An agro scientist Dr today in our head quarter ities. It will help them to tap of 134 battalion of CRPF swift operation we have suc- SP, Surendra Kumar Jha. gal trading of coal supplied our country” he added. Ashok K Singh of BAU’s Zonal Daltonganj GLA college are of more natural resources for Arvind Tripathy and his team ceeded in catching 10 people Police also seized various from the Dhanbad coal belt of Sharma said, “This func- Research Centre in places where our camps are their own agro income” conducted the whole function. who were responsible for the fake papers and arrested 10 BCCL in West Bengal which tion is under civic action plan Daltonganj’s Chiyanki has located. These farmers will Commandant added. CRPF hosted lunch for the movement of coal through persons of whom six belonged had no other route but had to for the year 2018-19. This is been roped in to conduct a grow vegetables and other Fourth and fifth compo- farmers in their traditional transport." to different villages in Giridih pass through the police stations first of its kind. Farmers have two hour workshop on farm- items with our seeds. Once nents are soil testing and manner that is no buffet but After seizing the five trucks and some from Bihar. The located in Giridih District,” he never so descended on this bat- ing with this gathering of the ready to use these vegetables shramdan. Farmers attending plate and bowl full of eateries including 709 truck and 30 bul- arrested men were identified as said. talion ground here in the past farmers.” our camps will buy them from this meet here have brought before each of the farmers. ' + P !4!4 / R , ( $# . * . ! # "( % >-1"8 247 Joshi had already sealed the + ! PGTI Order of Merit title with ' ! + he 17th TATA Open 2018 earnings of 62,81,340 before + + Tprovided a fitting finale to the start of the 17th TATA !+ -$ the fiercely competitive 2018 Open 2018, this week’s tour- + PGTI season. Om Prakash nament decided second place " + Chouhan of Mhow, Madhya on the merit list which went to + Pradesh, kept a calm head on Kolkata’s Viraj Madappa who that was neutralised by his an action-packed day to prevail had earnings of 46,17,097. bogey on the next hole. by one shot after firing a rock- Notably, Madappa did not play The 30-year-old Chouhan % 8-D-7*&- 8 solid two-under-69 at the par- the Jamshedpur event. then got back to the process of 71 Golmuri Golf Course in Chikkarangappa’s runner-up rebuilding his round with a 15- or Chatterjee family, dogs Jamshedpur on Sunday. finish this week, helped him feet birdie conversion on the Fare not a luxury but an inte- Chouhan finished with a clinch third place on the money fourth and another birdie on gral and deeply loved part of total score of 20-under-264 at list with earnings of 44,01,435. the ninth that came as a result their family. And visiting their the 1crore event and thus Mysuru-based 23-year-old of a brilliant 2-iron approach house at posh Forest Colony of ended a four-year long title Yashas Chandra, who missed shot. the town, anyone could easily jinx. It was the Mhow lad’s fifth the cut at Jamshedpur, won the A three-putt bogey on the feel Chatterjee’s love for dogs. % >-1"8 247 Technologies Pvt Ltd has pro- professional title and his second PGTI Emerging Player of the 10th had Om Prakash in a spot The garden of their house has vided the luggage scanner said win at the TATA Open. Year race. His season’s earnings of bother as Rashid Khan drew four graves of dogs, died one- he A1-category Tatanagar that it is a 5.5 metre-long and Incidentally, he registered his of 13,26,493 was the highest level with him on the next hole after-another since 2003. Trailway station has been one metre wide machine hav- last win at the 13th TATA among the rookies by a long for the first time during the % >-1"8 247 dogs expressed satisfaction Nilanjan Chatterjee (68) who equipped with luggage scanner ing an overhead monitor. The Open 2014. distance. Chandra had nine final round. But ‘OP’ as with the dedication of the staff retired from a private job said which has been installed and deck where the luggage scan- Bengaluru’s starts in the season and post- Chouhan is fondly referred to, t was a crisp beautiful morn- of the Tata Steel Kennel Club. he and his wife Uttara and two put on trial from Sunday. It has ning will be carried out is 3.5 Chikkarangappa had the hon- ed two top-5 finishes. His best once again surged ahead after Iing today when the 65th, daughters Shreejita and been installed at the entrance metre long and the remaining our of shooting the day’s best result was fourth at the CG driving the green on the par-4 66th & 67th Championship Sharanya first kept a boxer of the platform No 1 and and two metres will be rollers — score, an eight-under-63 that Open 2018. 12th which set up another Dog Show was inaugurated by /0/0 ( breed dog named Pluto in will soon become operational one metre on either side. helped him finish runner-up at Om Prakash Chouhan (63- birdie for him. T V Narendran, CEO & MD, ( 2001 but unfortunately it died round-the-clock. According to sources, the 19-under-265. Chikka had a 67-65-69), leading by one over The gap widened on the Tata Steel. 1 + in 2003. Railway Protection Force Tatanagar railway authority fabulous closing stretch as he Delhi’s Rashid Khan after 12th as Rashid dropped a dou- Speaking on the occasion, He said it was a big shock (RPF), Tatanagar which will concerned have also installed sank birdies on his last four round three, struck an early ble-bogey there and couldn’t Narendran said, “I have been a 2 +( for his family but then they operate the scanner has CCTV cameras so as to cover holes. blow in round four with a recover thereafter. dog lover for the last 15 years M4! decided to give a place to Pluto received instructions for mak- the system. While Bengaluru’s Khalin birdie on the first. However, and know that the uncondi- on the campus of the house ing it operational. According to the RPF tional love you get from them only. He said Pluto was buried RPF inspector, MK Singh inspector, though a large num- can only be experienced.” He in a corner and a grave con- pointed out that the RPF per- ber of passengers carry luggage expressed satisfaction over the ! structed. sonnel will operate the scan- for catching their trains, they fact that this Event at Nilanjan said from 2003 to ner which will be a boost for would not have to wait much Jamshedpur has grown in 2010, they lost four dogs safety of that important sta- at the luggage scanning stature over the years. + /N6 including Pluto and all buried tion which falls on the machine as it takes only six A.M.Misra, president, on the campus with graves Howrah-Mumbai main line. seconds for luggage of one Jamshedpur Kennel Club, said ! constructed. We used to give "We are getting about half- passenger. “Often the dog becomes the full respect to our family mem- a-dozen RPF personnel Railways decided to most important member in ! + + bers after their death but never trained for operating the lug- strengthen security measures the family and binds all age + ! care to do the same with our gage scanner. It will take three in major railway stations. groups.” He expressed satisfac- / pets. “Dogs are so loyal, better days for the personnel to Installation of X-ray scanning tion over the infrastructure than we humans. become trained and then only machine was one of the mea- set up for the Event. ( So, is it right to neglect the scanner will put for the sures. According to him, the them after their death”, asked use," said the RPF inspector. The machine will be able weekend offered a complete !! Nilanjan. I am happy that my Singh pointed out earlier to detect the contents in hand package for an outing for the wife and daughters also have the the passengers would have to baggage carried by passengers whole family which could also ! same love for dogs as I am hav- be subjected to checking by walking into the Tatanagar have a picnic in the adjacent +! ing, he added. He said now his TTE while getting out of the railway station. Jubilee Park. ! younger daughter Sharanya platform, but now the pas- The commissioning of the It may be noted that the shifted to Bangalore with his sengers will have to get their scanning machine is only the Tata Steel Kennel received the + husband. luggage scanned while enter- beginning, the sources said, first and second prizes at the Shreejita, a teacher at ing into the platform. adding that more security Obedience Championship held prominent Carmel school said An official of a Noida- measures would be put in yesterday. The concerned per- they never forget the death based company, Vehant place soon. sonnel who had trained the 1+ anniversary of all the four dead dogs. She said they burn candles at grave and and recall the memories of their four-legged- animal. We even have two &&$!((/ . ' albums which contained pic- tures of all the dogs we kept and we are having right now, added % 7-3%8* serene beauty of the natural +'! !880 + + she. She said when all the four ambience of this place. Young died from 2003 to 2010, it was nnual family gathering of and old, everyone played with ! like losing member of the fam- AIndian Institute of Mass chilling water of fall and cap- + ! ily. Communication Alumni tured beautiful memories in She said they have two Association (IIMCAA), their smart phones. Also on + ! /: + ( rooms in the house for dogs and Jharkhand Chapter was organ- this occasion, the Chapter !! + +!+ even cook food for them sepa- ised today at Dassam Fall near members gifted a memento to rately giving them meat every Bundu about 40 kilometer newlywed alumnus Ms. Puja / ( alternate day. She said they have away from the Capital city . Oraon, who was present with ! two dogs with them right now. Around 25 family mem- her husband and other family + +0/+ 4 Mother Uttara said dogs are bers of IIMC alumni including members. After the lunch, all so selfless and their love so pure. more than dozen of children the members dispersed. So, we also buried them in our gathered on this occasion in the On this occasion, President 6 $ 64 4 $ Vice President (Affairs) Dr. Secretary Pranav Pratyush, Kumar, Ranjeet Kumar and garden making grave to show morning and enjoyed the Manoj Kumar,. Rajesh Kumar, ? 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' 1" 2 3 " 0 ' ' ;1 + ' ' 12 ! % 7-3%8* the elections. Opposition par- ties must come on at one plat- % 7-3%8* harkhand Mukti Morcha form to prevent BJP to form J(JMM) Executive president Government in the State and he Opposition parties on Hemant Soren today sought the Centre. The results of TSunday celebrated the from opposition parties to Kolebira bye elections will not much needed win they were decide on the shape of grand affect the grand alliance. The longing for after Kolebira alliance as early as possible opposition parties must meet bypoll results were declared. because, he said that the at its earliest and form an Not only Congress party but Kolebira by election victory the upcoming general elections are agreement because people also the JMM, JVM, RJD and BJP Jharkhand Spokesperson nearing day by day. The should know.” left parties stated that the win Pratul Shahdeo said that the reli- Opposition Leader said that the While congratulating the ( 66 was emphatic to show that the gious leader, who has worked as parties should be fully prepared Congress on victory of ) ' people were not happy with the Congress cadre in the field, is for the elections. Kolebira bye election Soren $$ ruling Government policies. the main hero of the victory of Speaking at a press con- said the party extended its 8 ' 9 6 Expressing happiness over the Congress. ference here on Sunday Soren support to Jharkhand Party the result and greeting people of Shahdeo further added, said, “The grand alliance has (JP) Candidate Menon Ekka Kolebira Jharkhand Pradesh “Kolebira has always been a not been announced formal- in the by election because the tions Soren replied that at pre- Congress Committee president challenge for the BJP because of ly in the State and it is the JP founder NE Horo had very sent he can’t say anything on Ajoy Kumar said that the result 57 per cent of total votes is duty of nationalised parties to good rapport with the party the issue but he can say on the is against the BJP’s misrule and minorities and till now the BJP come forward in this regard. Supremo Shibu Soren and basis of capability and politi- anti public policies. People of $ / @ 8 ' 9 has not won the seat. The BJP Our main aim is to keep both the leaders had great cal hold of the party it will Kolebira have given a message 6 has been managed to maintain away BJP from the power. contribution in the Jharkhand decide its future action and to the entire State said. He its votes but the Congress has The party is still trying to Movement. plan. thanked especially the Congress Alam said that the BJP has lost ness over Kolebira by election defeat is the failures and misrule got vote due to religious polar- prevent BJP from power. It is It is just not the matter of Talking about the future party cadres and office bearers people’s faith and only the results Jharkhand Vikas Morcha of the BJP Government in the isation and this is matter of crit- a matter of all the parties of political gain or loss it is plan he said, talks are going on and said, “It is result of the Congress ideology can develop (JVM) Supremo Babulal Center and in the State. The icism. Religious conversion has the alliance. We are at the most important for the party we have to meet with other organisation’s well planed efforts the State. Marandi said, “This victory is people have shown mirror to openly supported the Congress regional level. The JMM has to follow the direction of partners of the grand alliance. and hard work. The by election Leader of Opposition, the victory of the Congress- the arrogance and gossiping of and it shows that it has been tak- always advocated to bring in Guru ji (Shibu Soren). We are not in favour of closed results will structure the future Hemant Soren said on the result JVM coalition and the meaning the BJP Government. The peo- ing support of anti tribal and the fold all likeminded parties “We have to keep the chapters because it will create political shape and direction.” of Kolebira bye elections that it of the victory is also very impor- ple of Jharkhand have been anti-local people.” in the grand alliance such as momentum to prevent BJP more confusion in this regard. Congress Legislature Party is defeat of the ruling BJP due tant. completely upset with the BJP He added, “At present the Congress, RJD, Left and from coming to power in the Our main aim is to prevent Leader Alam Gir Alam said that to misrule. He extended his This mandate of the people government. The people of Congress leaders have com- regional parties of State and centre. There is no division of votes, Soren added. people of Kolebira deserve con- greeting to the Congress and of Kolbeira is enough to tell the Jharkhand now want to get rid pletely denied Hemant Soren as Jharkhand.” leadership issue as the On the State Assembly gratulation as they have shown demanded that the national people’s mood for the 2019 of the BJP. The countdown of leader of coalition, whereas Stressing on the issue to strongest party’s leader would Session which will start from faith on the party. Once again party should give shape to the elections. The result of the elec- the State Government has start- Ajoy Kumar had accepted pub- announce shape of the grand be leader of the alliance. Monday the Leader of the people have denied the BJP. grand alliance to prevent divi- tion will not only affect the ed from now.” lically Hemant Soren as leader. alliance the JMM leader said, When asked at how many Opposition said there are a People’s resentment is clearly sion of votes against BJP. State’s politics but it also will Meanwhile, greeting This is the character of “The party is always trying to seats the JMM will contest in large number of burning visible in the election, he added. While expressing happi- affect Center’s politics. This Congress leaders on the Congress.” prevent division of votes in the upcoming general elec- issues which they will raise. 3 / . 2 < 0 0! ! + + (2 / 2A/ / ' 6 B C' / +(% -/$ + ! planned by the organising body for + ! the entertainment % '%) 7-3%8* and clear sky after the impact of visitors from 6 to of cyclone ‘Phethai’ has 9 PM, the board fter the brunt of cyclone increased the woes of the peo- will organise beau- A‘Phethai’, Jharkhand con- ple here. At present, the mini- % 7-3%8* ty pageant contest – tinued to remain in the grip of mum temperature level is Mr and Miss Khadi biting cold with reports of five below the normal conditions - he popularity of annual competition on persons succumbing to the -3 to 4 degree Celsius. Also, the TSaras and Khadi Mela January 2. chill in different parts of the impact of severe cold waves organised by Jharkhand State “Through open State during past 24-hour. over Central Jharkhand and Khadi Gramodyog Board can be nominations, over According to weathermen, the Northern parts of the country realised with the footfall of pub- 17 entries have been existing weather conditions has resulted in further decrease ' $ / $ lic of all walks of life visiting the received by the would continue for next three of temperature level here in 8 ' ! fair. According to Chairperson board, conducted days with the mercury level Jharkhand,” said Senior $2, + ' 9 6 of Khadi Board, Sanjay Seth, from December 8 further registering acute dip. Scientist, MET Observatory with every passing year, the to December 12. ' / 9 ' ' 183 $ 64 With cold wave unabated Centre — Ranchi, R S Sharma. number of visitors coming to the The event will begin $ / ' 6 6 8 ' 9 in Jharkhand and minimum Sharma admitted that in across the State. The major also reeling under severe cold fair is continually increasing. from 4 PM onwards 6 temperature dropping by 3 to comparison to past few years, weather activity — predomi- conditions with minimum tem- “This year, in merely four on January 2 and 7 degree Celsius below the this year, the minimum tem- nately the change in wind pat- perature dropping by 3 to 7 days of its inauguration, over 18 will the judged by normal temperature across the perature is moderately above tern is also not in the sight which degree Celsius below normal. thousand tickets have been sold eminent panelists,” added Seth. sharing the details of elaborate for the customers. region, Ranchi shivered at min- the normal range. According to indicates that the condition is In addition, according to the out. Besides, selling and pur- Also, the organising committee arrangements, Seth quoted that Decorated with the theme – imum 6.2 degree Celsius while Sharma, chilliness during night likely to remain the same for a weather bulletin released by chasing of goods, the enthusiasm members stated that on provision of three gates have ‘Babu Nagar’, this season, some its suburb area—Kanke record- hours is predominately high as few more days,” Sharma added. MET Observatory Centre — of public in participating in dif- December 25 along with been made this time, apart greenery too have been added to ed 2.2 degree Celsius on ground surface releases heat in Besides, the residents of the Ranchi on Sunday, a few districts ferent events is also quite Christmas celebration, the birth ensuring the arrangements like the venue, with quite a number December 22 night. The mete- the air quite rapidly and get State Capital who are experi- of western and northern parts of encouraging. From students to anniversary of Atal Bihari facility of six battery operated of nursery owners putting up orological Centre—Ranchi has cooler swiftly, increasing the encing bone-chilling cold with the region is likely to experience middle-aged persons, all pre- Vajpayee will be celebrated rickshaws and other basic their stalls on the premises of the predicted that the minimum intensity of cold. minimum temperature drop- severe cold wave in the days to planned events are witnessing amidst much fan-fare. amenities on the spot. venue. For the first time, dedi- temperature may remain con- “The situation is expected to ping by 5 degree Celsius below come. huge response of the public,” said “A big cutout of Bharat The fair spread over an area cated tattoo centres have made stant or could slip further due remain like this for a while as normal from mid December, Further, the MET Centre Seth. Ratna, Atal Bihari Vajpayee will of six lakh sq. ft. of Morhabadi the debut here while elaborate to the impact of north-wester- there is no synoptic system or Jharkhand’s eastern, northeast forecasted that cold wave con- Seth added that artisans be decked up on the premises of Ground has kids’ amusement arrangements through dedicat- ly wind speed likely to exceed circulation formulation in the and southern parts—which ditions will continue to prevail from over 22 States of the coun- fair. Along with the tribute to the park, food courts, hangers of ed tribal food counters have in sometime. last week of December. mainly includes Bokaro, in the State along with a foggy try have gathered in the fair and late Former PM, some cultural exotic products, home décor been made to popularise the “Strong cold north wester- Plummeting mercury will influ- Dhanbad, Giridih, Dumka weather during the next few are doing brisk business here. activities will mark the occasion,” items, designer apparel ranges, tribal delicacies among the fair ly wind from Himalayan ranges ence the life of the residents including Deoghar districts are days. Apart, the glittering evening further added Seth. Further, edible products and much more hoppers. !7 , 4 5 6 6 # '
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Secondary School Ocalled degenerative arthri- like oranges, lemon, lime, Traffic SP Ajit Peter Examination for year tis, is the most common type of mandarin, kiwi, amla are pro- 9::#"-1="-!2-<=7-! Dungdung said, “The cases of 2019.The examination will arthritis which is developed tective from inflammation. 2-$$*"!2-"$7*"! 2.7* drunken driving increase dur- start from February 21, 2019 mostly through age. In this, the Reduce all processed foods ing New Year. Policemen will and continue till March 29, smooth cartilage that cush- including fried and bakery 2==7*"!%8*2"!%==<*"!&84>*-! be deployed at such places 2019 for class 10. Whereas ions the joint breaks down foods as well. Samosa, pakora, where there are possibilities of the CBSE has also announced and the bone beneath the car- patties, pastries, deep fried 1*)$47!%7*"2"-3 =$87 drunk driving. This drive will !$$ $$ ' 8 date for Senior School tilage also hardens. 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Consume anti-inflamma- 438-:$8A.-$"-7:*3< $= that the offence is not repeat- DL is revoked, the person increase of over 30% in cases Some people with little tory Omega 3- Cold water fish, ed, the police will prosecute cannot get a DL made again, of accidents caused under + damage have a great deal of oily fish are excellent sources *3.:-11-$*=3#"-A-&* 3=E the person on spot instead of anywhere across the country.” the influence of alcohol in ! pain and some people with a of EPA and DHA which fining them. “If a person is Advocating the need of 2017, as compared to 2016. lot of damage have little pain. reduce joint pain and swelling. caught drunk driving their The Motor Vehicles (amend- In 2016, as many as 543 Pain cannot be related to the If you are a vegetarian, you can driving license would be sus- ment) Bill which has been road accidents occurred due ! degree of damage. opt for chia seeds, flaxseeds, pended for a period of three passed in the Lok Sabha and to drunk driving in which 408 Osteoarthritis pain is often at walnuts, pecan nuts, kale, Intermingle your chapatti’s or I suggest gaining weight in months, on the spot,” has to be tabled at the Rajya persons died while in 2017, its worst when bone rubs spinach and sesame. 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This persons were killed and 396 so much pain that you cannot Make sure your fish is baked, 2013, revealed that a com- ical treatment for solving their identified four such traffic would help reducing cases of grieviously injured. stand and now you are 13 steamed or cooked in a pan pound called sulforaphane pain, while others go for offences where the driving drunk driving.” Traffic SP said, “Drunk years old. That is right, it and not deep fried. Eat variety found in cabbage and broccoli ayurvedic, naturopathy, license of a person can be sus- With 40 alcohol metres drivers are a danger to them- & + "'( sounds like a dream come of grains. When I say grains, can slow the progress of acupuncture and other tradi- pended for three months. and 50,100 disposable alcohol selves as well as others "= true! This article is a summa- it doesn't mean you have to Osteoarthritis and the tional medicine. These offences include drunk metre pipes, the traffic around them. While we are ry of current and evidence solely eat a gluten free diet, destruction of joint cartilage. The writer is an accredit- driving, rash driving, talking department plans to ensure organizing a month long + based research for nutrition on think about natural grains like If you lose 10% of your initial ed Practising Dietitian, on phone while driving and that drunk driving does not drive for crackdown against #("= osteoarthritis. quinoa, millets like ragi, jowar, weight, it is suggested that Australia, Singapore & UK, not wearing seatbelts. cause any accident or incon- this menace, regular checking Fresh vegetables and fruits bajra. These grains are rich in your progression of Accredited Sports Dietitian, Traffic SP said, “If the venience to the commuters. will be conducted even after have plenty of fibre along with calcium, iron and fibre. Osteoarthritis will slow down. Diabetes person is caught for commit- Drunken driving has been January.” %# ( #) ("%*+,*-./ $
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3570 ballot units, 1680 control units and 1464 VVPATs. The % *"7-3-'2-3*2-$( + ( building has provision for offi- + ! cer’s chamber, computer room, aina Chautala, MLA multipurpose hall, security Nfrom Dabwali on Sunday ;1P + room, loading and unloading targeted the State platform and fire staircase. Government over rise in ! ! / “The warehouses would crime against women in 1 1 ?11@ provide a permanent place for Haryana. storing the EVMs. They would Chautala, while address- + ! ! have safety provision and other ing women in ‘Hari Chunri facilities as per the ECI guide- Chaupal’ program in Israna, lines,” said Lalbiakluanga Panipat said that there is a + / Khiangte the chief electoral spurt in crime against women officer of the State. He added and BJP government which that EVM’s would be received gave slogan of ‘Beti Bachao ! A and transferred from the ware- Beti Padhao’ has severely house as per ECI directives. dented Haryana’s image in the + 11! 6 ( It may be stated here that country. storage and transportation of Launching a scathing + ! EVMs/VVPATs remain under attack on the government, '' + + the strict control of ECI all Chautala said that there is an times. According to guide- alarming rise of crime against + + lines, order for opening of the women in BJP’s rule and girls EVM warehouse is issued by are not feeling safe here. + ! + ) ; 9 6 the commission for annual She said that her party verification. EVM storage Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) % 7-3%8* Notably, warehouse con- sional headquarters earlier. warehouse must not have more would create a safe atmos- struction has been taken up on According to the plan than one entry point. If there phere in the society for the Chaudhari Devi Lal. system would be revamped in Naina Chautala is wife of he State Government has instruction of Election warehouse of Hazaribagh, are any other doors or win- women and girls besides it She also took on the gov- Haryana”, Chautala added. former INLD leader Ajay Tplanned to build ware- Commission of India (ECI). Chaibasa and Jamshedpur are dows in the warehouse, they will bring strict laws and ernment for the menace of She also accused the Chautala and mother of house in every district to store “Following the ECI directive, to be completed by December should be sealed using brick- harsh punishment to prevent stray cows and alleged that leader of opposition Abhay Dushyant and Digvijay electronic voting machines the chief electoral officer 2019, while that of Dumka, masonry or concrete. Entry of the crime. BJP government has failed to Chautala and his coterie for Chautala. (EVM) which are presently (CEO) of Jharkhand has asked Deoghar, Dhanbad, Sahebganj, EVM storage warehouse must She said that old aged do anything for Gau Mata remarks against a mother and While Ajay alongwith his kept in adhoc buildings like us to initiate steps for storage Simdega, Giridih, Garwah, be secured by a double lock women are not getting pen- (cow) and its leaders would asked the women that those sons Dushyant and Digvijay colleges and market complex- and safety of EVMs,” said a Daltonganj, Bokaro and Chatra system. sions despite tall claims of face serious consequences in who can’t respect a mother were expelled from the party, es. senior officer in the building by December 2019. Warehouses must be free State Government but once the general and assembly elec- must be completely rejected. Naina Chautala is still the Official informed that at construction department. With it, Jharkhand would from dampness, pests and JJP forms the government in tions next year. Notably, former INLD member of INLD. present construction of ware- He stated that warehouse have capacity to store thou- rodents. Proper fire-fighting Haryana, it would bring down “JJP would reserve 75-per leader, Hisar MP Dushyant The INLD had split fol- houses is underway in 13 dis- construction work has begun sands of EVMs safely. The arrangement must be made the age criteria of old age pen- cent government jobs exclu- Chautala had on December 9 lowing differences between tricts adding the work would be in 13 important districts of project report of EVM ware- available in warehouse and it sion to 55 and the pension sively for the youth only as launched JJP, which will con- Ajay Chautala and his completed by October 2019. state. He informed the con- house of Chaibasa states that should be also free from amount would be disbursed they are now going to run test both Lok Sabha and younger brother Abhay The ongoing projects would struction in this regard was building would have two floors floodwater logging, cracks, regularly as they were being Haryana. The entire govern- Assembly polls scheduled Chautala, sons of INLD chief cost 53.89 crores. already taken up in four divi- with total capacity to store leakage and broken window. given during the regime of ment’s education and health next year in Haryana. OP Chautala.
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From Page 1 down of BJP rule in Jharkhand 2 6 "!7 Meanwhile, JVM chief has begun from today,” he said. Babulal Marandi also congrat- Meanwhile, BJP alleged ulated Kongadi and said that that the Congress broke all % 0 0 -17*$"-7 the win was the triumph of the honours by using religious Grand Alliance and there are leaders for garnering votes. old wave sweeping Punjab 7%=7 - any dimensions to it. “This State BJP spokesperson Partul Cand Haryana for the past mandate is enough to show Shahdeo said that the real ten days continued unabated :=9=.6#, voters’ mood ahead of the credit of win goes to the reli- on Sunday, with Adampur 2019 elections. It is the defeat gious leader who worked like shivering at 1.5 degrees 7 of the bad policies and failures a Congress worker in the field Celsius. of the government at the for getting votes. Shahdeo said Adampur in Punjab was %:"*4"! Centre and the State. The vot- that Congress succeeded in the coldest place in the two ers have shown mirror to the conduting religious polarisa- states recording a bone chilling :4 8*-3- government. People want to be tion in Kolebira, while BJP has minimum temperature, a freed from BJP rule in retained its traditional votes. Meteorological Department "$$: -$ Jharkhand. The reverse count- official said here. Severe cold swept Bathinda 1*3*141=.0#F from 2000 people. In the sec- too, which recorded a mini- 6 ond phase 7,500 people and mum temperature of 2 degrees 7 people will get direct employ- Celsius while Halwara's mini- ment. Apart from these, 26 mum settled at 2.2 degree %:"*4"! From Page 1 companies are investing Rs Celsius. of hell, they will also get 1,367 crores. This will provide Amritsar recorded a low of 2-$*-:-"-9 employment of 12-13 thousand employment to 26,000 people. 4.9 degree Celsius, Ludhiana rupees in their house,’ he said. Apart from this, the proposals settled at minimum of 3.7 6# 7 He said that the production of eight companies from dif- degree Celsius, Patiala saw 4.1 of Tasar is around 3700 MT in ferent states are under process, degree Celsius, Pathankot 5.6 %:"*4"! the entire country, in which said he. degree Celsius, Faridkot 5 around 2600 MT is produced Executive Director, Kunil degree Celsius and Gurdaspur 2-$8-3<=$/#B only in Jharkhand and is main- Lalbhai, Arvind Mills said that at 4.2 degree Celius too expe- ly exported to the US, UK, Jharkhand has such capacity in rienced a cold night. 7 Australia, Germany and the field of textile industry In Haryana, Narnaul was Switzerland. It is the govern- that it will soon leave behind the coldest place recording a %:"*4"! ment's attempt to set up value- Bangladesh. He said that low of 2.5 degrees Celsius, added plant in Jharkhand. This Arvind Mills, Arvind Textile is three notches down the normal .-7* <=$/ will not only benefit the peo- going to invest Rs 500 crores while Hisar and Karnal, too, ple, the government will also every year in the next four-five were gripped by intense cold 7 get revenue, he added. years to meet growing demand with both places recording Referring to Momentum in India and globally in the tex- respective minimums of 3.8 Chandigarh, the common bility at most places in the two ditions as the temperature in other places, Kangra %:"*4"-3 Jharkhand, the CM said that till tile and fashion industry. Under degree Celsius and 4 degree capital of Punjab and Haryana states on Sunday morning tourist destination Manali in recorded minimum tempera- now the foundation stone for the development of 3 large Celsius. recorded a low of 5.9 degree including at Amritsar, Kullu district was recorded at ture at 4.2 degree Celsius, 47 -"247-$ 30 companies related to the tex- garment clusters of the coun- Among other places, Celsius. Ludhiana, Patiala, Bathinda, minus 0.6 degrees Celsius. Bhuntar settled at zero degree tile industry has been done. try, these investments will be Rohtak recorded a low of 6.2 The ongoing cold weather Gurdaspur, Ferozepur, Hisar, The minimum tempera- Celsius, Solan also at zero 6# 7 Out of this, four companies - done in Jharkhand, Gujarat degree Celsius, Bhiwani settled conditions are likely to con- Karnal, Ambala, Bhiwani and ture in tribal district Kinnaur's degrees, Una 2.5 degrees, Orient Craft, Kishore Exports, and Andhra Pradesh. This will at 6.5 degree Celsius and tinue in Haryana and Punjab Sirsa. Kalpa was recorded at minus Nahan 4.7 degrees and Una 2.5 %:*4"$== Sidditech and Arvind Mills - give direct employment to Ambala witnessed 5.4 degree over the next few days, the Met Meanwhile, most parts of 2.8 degrees Celsius. Shimla, the degrees. have also started production. more than 10000 people, of Celsius, one degree below nor- official said. Himachal Pradesh also reeled capital city of Himachal record- Starting today, Arvind Smart which 80 per cent will be mal. He said fog reduced visi- under severe cold weather con- ed a low of 4.6 degrees. Textile has got employment women. )6 $ $2* 6
% %8-3 * -78 the cost of Rs 500 crore. Koriyawas. would be completed in 24 college, the people would not power, the work of changing all equitable water so that the increase the income of farm- Apart from this, Manohar The Chief Minister, while months. A 500-bedded hospi- only get better healthcare facil- the pump houses at the cost of available water could reach ers. First time in the history of aryana Chief Minister Lal inaugurated and laid the addressing ‘Jan Vikas Rally’ in tal would also be constructed ities but also provide employ- Rs 143 crore was carried out equally in all areas. After the state, bajra was procured HManohar Lal on Sunday foundation stone of other pro- Narnaul said that the State there and every year, 100 stu- ment opportunities, he said. immediately and water was Lakhwar dam, next MoU of at higher prices than wheat. laid the foundation stone of the jects costing about Rs 136 Government has a plan to set dents would get admission in The Chief Minister further supplied till 293 tails out of 300, Renuka-Kishau Dam would Through Meri Fasal- Mera 19th Medical College of the crore and also made new up at least one medical college MBBS, he said. said that though canals were he said. be signed and it would bene- Bayura, the State Government state and first medical college announcements of worth Rs in each district. Manohar Lal said that the constructed since the forma- He said that the govern- fit the people of southern has procured every grain of of district Mahendragarh. 550 crore for Nangal In this connection, the people of this area had to go far tion of the state, due to lack of ment has also taken up Sutlej Haryana the most, Manohar produce bajra of farmers at Rs The medical college will be Chaudhary, Ateli and Narnaul foundation stone of a medical off areas for up to 100-150 kms proper water distribution, this Yamuna Link (SYL) canal case Lal said. 1,950. Narnaul district has constructed on 80.63 acres in assembly constituencies includ- college for this area had been for medical treatment. With the area lagged behind. When the on priority and simultane- He also said that the gov- benefited the most from this, village Koriyawas, Narnaul at ing Medical College in village laid on Sunday. This college construction of this medical present government came into ously, ensured the supply of ernment has worked to he added. %# ( #) ("%*+,*-./ ' / 1 2" & %008 8 2 2 ' 4(0 1/ C0 % 39 :8* new awards came at the con- conference, Modi lauded the % 39 :8* $6%6,*+66$46+ clusion of the annual confer- contribution of the police ,>#$*6% +6*$ % 39 :8* rime Minister Narendra ence of Director Generals of forces in maintaining internal he BJP on Sunday claimed 66+44,<$6*<42$* PModi on Sunday launched Police and Inspector Generals security and directed the heads Tthat interception of calls $46,2>6B 6#>+42##* istancing himself from the the website of the Cyber of Police held at Kevadiya in of police forces to take steps and emails were done illegally 4!$#*+46 DSangh Parivar’s demand Coordination Centre as a one Narmada district of Gujarat, towards creating a more during the Congress-led UPA for a law to build the Ram tem- stop shop on all cyber related near the statue of Sardar responsive and sensitive police government while Modi dis- of concerned state and ple in Ayodhya. BJP ally and issues, whether it is cyber Vallabh Bhai Patel, country's force, the statement said. pensation has adopted legal Commissioner of Delhi. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish crime or cyber security. The first Union Home Minister The PM further stressed on means with its order designat- “Tell me how is this differ- Kumar on Sunday said the portal launched at the conclu- who is dubbed to have unified the need for coordination of ing 10 agencies to do so. ent from the December 20 temple issue should be resolved sion of the DGPs conference close to 600 princely States into Central Armed Police Forces In an order on Thursday, order? The only difference is either through a court judge- would also act as a bridge the Indian Union. (CAPF) and Central agencies the Union Home Ministry that the December 20 (order) ment or mutual understanding. between law enforcement agen- Modi also released a com- with the state police forces authorised 10 central agencies was legally notified by the cen- “We have maintained for a cies on the one hand, and memorative postal stamp on and amongst neighbouring to intercept, monitor, and tral Government while the long time that this issue should academia and private cyber the National Police Memorial states was absolutely essential decrypt “any information gen- UPA had not notified it and be resolved either through a security professionals on the and a special issue of Indian for successfully dealing with erated, transmitted, received or upon an RTI they had released court judgement or mutual other. Police Journal on police mar- complex issues of crime pre- stored in any computer”. The the list. These 10 agencies were understanding,” he told The PM also announced tyrdom, published by the vention and management of centre's order had come under working even at that time. reporters. Kumar said every the institution of a new nation- Bureau of Police Research and law and order in the country, attack from the opposition They were snooping on 9000 party has its own views but his al honour for National Unity Development (BPR&D). it said. who said that the move was telephone calls and 500 emails party’s stand has been the same on the pattern of Padma The PM also advised the Modi advised the DGPs to “unconstitutional and an every month and Congress is over the matter for long. Awards, the Government said top police brass that a nation- make imaginative use of infor- assault on fundamental rights” accusing others of snooping? BJP’s another ally from in a statement. al level parade may be organ- mation technology to reach out and demanded its immediate “The political party which Bihar, the Lok Janshakti Party, The annual award would ised by police forces of about to all sections of society withdrawal. enforced emergency, the party has also opposed the demand be given to any Indian who has three to four states near Patel's through websites and apps to BJP spokesperson Sambit which brought the post office for brining a legislation to contributed to national unity in statue at Kevadiya every year provide various police related Patra showed that in two RTI amendment bill how can that build the Ram temple at 153 $ $6 0 / $ ' & any manner, it said, adding that on Patel's birthday on October services and safety advisories. replies the UPA Government in political party level such Ayodhya. LJP chief and Union 0 ' ! the PM drew inspiration from 31, observed as National Unity He highlighted the misuse August 2013 had said that on charges against another party? Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has iconic Congress leader Sardar Day. of social media by anti-nation- an average its agencies inter- The Congress party for its repeatedly said that everyone over alleged deterioration of Hindutva groups, includ- Patel's contribution towards It was Patel, who, as the al forces for creating mass cepted 9000 telephone calls opportunism has gone to the must await the Supreme Court law and order, among other ing BJP’s ideological parent unification of the country. home minister of the country, unrest and for radicalising vul- and 500 emails a month. extent of playing with nation- judgement on this issue. matters, saying their propa- RSS, have been pressing the The three-day Conference had inaugurated the first con- nerable youth in this context. It had also listed 10 agen- al security” he alleged. Among the NDA allies, ganda will have no impact in Central Government to bring also focused on improving ference of Inspector Generals of A large number of issues cies which did the monitoring The decision to intercept only Shiv Sena has backed the Bihar. a legislation to pave the way for cyber security in the country Police in Delhi in 1948. For concerning internal security, - Intelligence Bureau, Narcotics anybody's computer can be demand for brining an ordi- “We are committed to construction of the temple at and on preparing the Police this reason, Patel's message of criminal justice system, ter- Bureau, Enforcement invoked only in matters of nance to construct the pro- development with justice... I the site where Lord Ram is forces to prevent and investi- national unity was the under- rorism, left wing extremism Directorate, CBDT Directorate national integrity and security, posed Ram temple. don’t have the habit of speak- believed to have been born. gate cyber crimes and financial lying theme of this year's con- and bridging the gap between of Revenue Intelligence, CBI, public order and friendly rela- Nitish also took a dig at ing unnecessarily. Some people The case of the Ram temple frauds. ference, it said. police and public were dis- NIA, RA&W, Directorate of tions with other countries, the opposition parties, who have have the habit of only talking land dispute is presently in the The announcement of the At the conclusion of the cussed at the conference. Signal Intelligence, DG Police government has said. been targeting his government while I do my work,” he said. Supreme Court. *+;4+ 24$6* 0 ' R ' 6 $ $ 2+46*6$4<<$*#6$ +142$#>+##*+4P6 ,+42>$<4$4< @$ C; 76 >4** $2 6 325 ' ' 46*6+>162>+4 % 39 :8* Kingdom, the official added. % 39 :8* % 39 :8* 8. While the Law Ministry is ECs based on the recommen- ing the provision gender neu- There was consensus in the the administrative Ministry dation of the CEC. tral. Members of the armed n a move that would help meeting that all stake holding he Khadi and Village he Election Commission for the EC, the Legislative In its report on electoral forces, central armed police Ipropel Indian traditional countries should come togeth- TIndustries Twill make a fresh push for Department is the nodal unit reforms submitted in March, forces, personnel of State police medicinal system on the glob- er to work for the globalization Commission (KVIC) has electoral reforms with the for issues related to the poll 2015, the Law Commission forces posted outside their al stage, the Government is in of traditional medicine systems decided to pay a unique Government, including making panel. had proposed extending con- State and employees of the talks with the World Health which are already finding wide tribute to Mahatma filing of false declaration a The sources said, the stitutional protection to the two Centre posted outside India are Organisation (WHO) to acceptance. Gandhi’s as part of the ground for disqualification and Commission would also ask the ECs. The EC had been pushing eligible to be enrolled as service include AYUSH terminology Over the past few years, year-long 150th birthday putting a cap on expenditure by Ministry to take a call on its to extend constitutional pro- voters. like ayurveda and Unani in its India has been aggressively anniversary celebration. candidates in Legislative demand to extend constitu- tection to the election com- “Much depends on International Classification of promoting AYUSH on the Befitting Bapu’s vision of Council polls, in the coming tional protection to the two missioners. Parliament. The Bill has been Diseases (ICD)-11, a system domestic as well as interna- empowering villagers. days. election commissioners on the Another proposal that the passed by the Lok Sabha... It is that allows health profession- tional stage both for expanding Towards this, the KVIC According to highly-placed lines of the Chief Election EC would press for is making a major electoral reform for als to share health information its global influence and for a will install in New Delhi a sources in the poll panel, the Commissioner. electoral law gender neutral for service voters ahead of the across the globe. share of the estimated US$50- large wall mural of Bapu EC top brass, at the planned The President appoints the armed forces personnel. Lok Sabha polls... We want ICD-11 is the new classifi- billion global market. symbolising the cultural meeting with Legislative Chief Election Commissioner As of now, an Armyman’s Government to get it passed at cation of diseases released in Efforts are also on to integrity and unity of the Secretary G Narayana Raju and Election Commissioners wife is entitled to be enrolled as the earliest,” an EC official June 2018 by the global health ensure better manufacturing nation. after the end of the Winter after the Law Ministry initiates a service voter, but a woman said. Referring to the issue of agency. practices and scientifically val- Inaugurating a two- Session of Parliament, will also the file for their appointment. Army officer’s husband is not, filing false declaration, the “In a recent meeting which idated herbal drugs are made day workshop-cum-train- ask the Government to make A Chief Election according to the provisions in sources said, as of now, it was attended by ambassadors/ available. For instance, CSIR's ing programme bribery during poll period a Commissioner can be removed the electoral law. But a Bill attracts a six months' jail term. high commissioners of 15 two labs-the Central Institute of ‘Technology for Modern cognisable offence. from the office only through pending before the Rajya Sabha But the EC wants to make it nations, it was acknowledged Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Pottery’ at Bishampur vil- The Winter Session of impeachment by Parliament. proposes to replace the term into an “electoral offence”, they that there was a need for dili- (CIMAP) and the National lage of Sewapuri in Varanasi ) $##$4*6##$4 Parliament will end on January The President can remove the ‘wife’ with ‘spouse’, thus mak- said. gent integration of traditional Botanical Research Institute district, KVIC Chairman Vinai #$#,<## and complementary systems of (NBRI) have jointly developed Kumar Saxena said that in a 1,#+;>1*+#$*$4< medicines in the healthcare of anti-diabetes herbal drug BGR- joint effort of highly skilled 150 people with respect to com- 34 which is being sold by the potters from all over the coun- 621#61,#$46<,$64 bating non-communicable dis- AIMIL Pharma across the try, the KVIC will install 150 14$6+;646$+4 eases and promotion of health country. square meters (15 meters long alongside the modern medicine Similarly, research to devel- by 10 meters wide) wall mural, parts of the country has diver- across the world with very low op cost-effective cannabis using ‘chai kulhads’. sified techniques of production cost. based drugs for treatment of “While Each chai kulhad of clay articles. An “In this regard it was also pain in cancer, epilepsy and will be one pixel of the entire Ahmedabad-based firm the felt that, induction of Indian sickle cell anaemia is being con- image, small terracotta parts Clay Club that specialises in Medical systems like Ayurveda, ducted by Council of Scientific will come together to form the terracotta and ceramic prod- Unani and Siddha in the and Industrial Research - entire image. This mural will ucts, will design the artwork International Classification of Indian Institute of Integrative become a finite entity formed and will manage the produc- Diseases (ICD) of the WHO Medicine (CSIR—IIIM) in col- by a simple unit of larger gen- tion by engaging with the iden- would be desirable,” said an laboration with Bombay Hemp erality. The e KVIC will show- tified potters,” he said. official from the Union Ayush Company (BOHECO). case it in some prominent To make the life of mural Ministry. Medical-tourism hotspots place in New Delhi,” he said. weather proof, these kullads Chaired by Union Minister in India too are drawing for- Saxena further said the will be glazed and baked in of AYUSH, Shripad Naik, the eigners in good number. India KVIC has already started iden- high temperature at Gujarat’s meeting on globalisation of has established AYUSH chairs tifying 150 potters from dif- Morbi, which is world famous traditional and alternative sys- in more than two dozen cities ferent parts of the country to for terracotta and glazed clay tems of medicine was attend- to raise awareness about the produce the chai kulhads for articles. The KVIC has so far in ed by Ambassadors/High AYUSH systems of medicine this very purpose. this financial year distributed commissioners of Bhutan, abroad. These countries “The selected potters will 4,700 electric potter wheels in UAE, Cuba, Iran, Ghana, include Malaysia, Trinidad & produce the chai kulhads in different parts of the country Hungary, Trinidad, Oman, Tobago, Mexico, Cuba, stipulated size, shape and fin- and plans to distribute addi- Equatorial Guinea, Sri Lanka, Hungary, Russia (two cells), ish them as India has a great tional 7,000 electric potter ' 7/4 5 6 9 8 7 187 3 $ 4 ' $ Nepal, Switzerland, Mauritius, Indonesia (two cells), Mauritius pottery tradition and different wheels by March 31 next year. $ 6 ' $ 0 ' ! Bangladesh and The United among others. 0, /9" ' 1
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The print and elec- / " ourism in Jammu & GST, which cuts across the lit- tronic media, both domestic TKashmir is facing the brunt tle profit that they might make, and international, have an of double whammy of ‘negative making their venture unsus- important role in projecting the % 39 :8* 37-9-$8-" The move comes at a time publicity’ and GST on tourism- tainable,” said the report. favourable situations existing in when China has been trying to related activities in the region, In this regard, the com- J&K. tri-services delegation of &324"8*3 expand its influence over Nay a Parliamentary panel has mittee recommended that the “The Ministry should also Asenior Indian military offi- Pyi Taw even as both Beijing noted. implementation of GST on involve its counterparts in cials on Sunday left for .=7 27 and New Delhi are the only Concerned at the declining tourism related activities in Information and Broadcasting Myanmar as part of a first ever powers who have backed tourism in the picturesque the State must be reconsidered. and External Affairs for the exchange programme, aimed at %==7 *3-$*=3 Myanmar amid international State, the committee headed by It also took serious note of removal of advisories imposed enhancing mutual trust &$93$8 pressure for the so called atroc- Rajya Sabha member Kanwar the negative publicity of the by various countries against between the forces of the two ities against the Rohingyas. Deep Singh has asked the State, which it said were based travel to the hill State.” countries guarding a frontier of -71*"=.$8 India has been raising with Government to hold talks with on incorrect facts, was result- To counter the negative 1,640 km. Myanmar its concerns over the countries which have issued ing in lesser tourist arrivals, publicity, the committee, rec- A group of 120 defence $9=%=43$7*" certain insurgent outfits of advisories against travel to J&K cern that the implementation of “Most wholesale traders causing financial losses to hote- ommended that the Ministry of personnel from Myanmar are North Eastern region having and also reconsider imple- the GST on tourism has a insist on payment in cash liers as well as travel agents, Tourism should organize their also visiting India as part of the strategic neighbours and shares bases inside its territory and mentation of the GST on manifold effects, mostly nega- which is a major issue, as the who have to pay idle wages and own publicity campaign and exchange programme, a brain- the 1,640-km border with a asked that country to take tourism sector in the State. tive on the economy of the support from the Government fixed bills, causing huge finan- also engage Youtube and social child of Army Chief Gen. Bipin number of Northeastern states action against them. Myanmar, “It (GST) must be done in region. The committee was must be processed via the cial burden on them. platforms like Instagram and Rawat. The 78-member Indian including militancy-hit on its part, has been assuring a cautious and phased manner informed by the stakeholders Public Financial Management The panel urged the Snapchat and social media delegation will interact with Nagaland and Manipur. India that it would not allow in order to ensure that the del- that sourcing of products and System (PFMS) payment sys- Ministry to initiate dialogue influencers to promote a more senior officials of Myanmar Gen. Rawat has been push- any insurgent group to use its icate State of tourism in the materials is an issue. Unlike tem which insists on digital with the countries which had positive image of the State. military, officials said. ing for deeper coordination territory against India. region is not adversely affect- other States, the residents of transactions. issued travel advisories against Furthermore, the State The Indian Air Force will between the armies of the two In June, 2015, the Indian ed,” said the report on J&K and its business owners “Furthermore, the com- the State for their withdrawal. Government must engage with be facilitating the travel of the countries. Army had carried out an oper- ‘Development of Tourism in spend huge amounts of money mittee was informed that small “The advisories issued by var- business chambers such as Myanmarese military officials, The simultaneous visits by ation in areas near the Indo- Jammu & Kashmir’ which was on procuring essentials, most of business owners for small scale ious countries were based on ASSOCHAM, CII and FICCI some of whom are accompa- the personnel of the armed Myanmar border against the submitted in Parliament which have to be flown in, hotels, bed and breakfasts and ill-informed facts and unnec- to invite and encourage com- nied by their spouses, they forces of the two countries are NSCN (K) terrorists, days after recently. which increases their capital home stays cannot list their essary assessment of local con- panies to host meetings and said. aimed at ensuring ground- terrorists had killed 18 Army The panel noted with con- expenditure. properties on various travel ditions and acted as an imped- visits in the region, it said. 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42;6"=4 )0# " ! 1*' 86 6 workers are fighting the PCC leader OP Mishra said a Trinamool’s misrule and falling decision had not been taken Ahmedabad: Eight children %: victims to their attacks every but added “we have been were among the 10 people day. So they will be hurt and the opposing both the Trinamool killed when a bus in which they party will suffer immensely if and BJP in Assembly jointly were returning, after enjoying % <=:<-$- augment the Congress’ brand they see our leaders with those and also we have been facing a picnic, fell into a 200-feet value ahead of any alliance talks who are responsible for destroy- them together out on the field.” gorge in Gujarat's Dang district, ith its chances of a deal with the Left Front should it ing the Congress in Bengal. Meanwhile in a meaning- police said on Sunday. Wwith the Trinamool crop up. Now it is their decision and we ful development CPI(M) State Around 80 people, mostly Congress coming to a nil after Gandhi told Mitra and cannot interfere with that.” secretary Suryakanto Mishra students of a coaching class in Mamata Banerjee’s public pro- Gaurav Gogoi the AICC leader The PCC president said he on Sunday said that it would be Surat, were travelling in the nouncement of solo fight in all observer for Bengal to “prepare Trinamool Congress-spon- had briefed Gandhi about the an act of folly if the people bus, which was on its way to the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the to fight on our own,” sources sored grand Opposition rally at Trinamool misrule and the thought that the TMC would Surat when the incident next year’s general elections, the said. Mitra who held a 15- the historic Brigade Parade threat of a rising BJP. “We have fight the BJP and vice versa. occurred on the Mahal- Congress national leadership minute parley with the Ground in Kolkata, Mitra said also told him how the “These two parties are in Bardipada road near Ahwa has asked its Bengal unit to Congress president briefing “we have only reported the Trinamool is trying to ignore fact complementary to each town, 380 km from here, on strengthen its organisation and him about the ground realities ground realty to the leadership. the Congress’ achievements in other because they survive on Saturday evening, the police ' C 40 prepare for a go-alone contest in the State said “we have been As a regional leader I could not the Hindi belt where we recent- different kind of communalism said. in the State. asked to strengthen our party have given any advice to the ly won the elections. He gave us and suppression of the Over 24 people were Seventeen students with in the age group of 10-16 years, Party national president organisation in the State and national leadership on this a patient hearing and asked us Opposition: Tripura and injured when the driver appar- serious injuries were shifted to are residents of Amroli area in Rahul Gandhi has asked Bengal prepare the party to fight on count. I only told him (Gandhi) to strengthen the organisation Bengal are two glaring exam- ently lost control of the bus. hospitals in Surat. The rescue Surat. The students were Pradesh Congress president our own in the upcoming Lok that the ground situation in with a view to fight the elec- ples,” he said adding the other The deceased included eight operation continued till late returning after visiting the Somen Mitra to oil the party’s Sabha elections.” Bengal is such that the grass- tions alone.” secular minded parties should children and two adults, said on Saturday night, the SP Sabri dam in Dang. The picnic organisational machinery When asked as to whether roots workers do not want the On whether there was any come together “to fight out Superintendent of Police (SP) said. was sponsored by their tuition insiders said interpreting the the national Congress leader- Congress to join the rally. chance of the Congress’ hold- these fascist forces as a prime Shweta Shrimali. All the students, who were class. PTI instruction as a measure to ship would attend the “At the ground level the ing the Marxist hand another national duty.” !" # " " '( )
Lucknow: Rebuffing allega- Asked about the cyber sur- were framed in 2009 when the tions that intolerance was ris- veillance order, the home min- Congress-led UPA was in ing in the country, Union ister, who is also the Member power and its new order only Home Minister Rajnath Singh of Parliament from Lucknow notified the designated author- said on Sunday no nation in the said, "The Ministry has already ity which can carry out such world was as tolerant as India. given its clarification in this action. Singh made the remarks regard. Since, Parliament is in While addressing the foun- two days after actor session, I cannot speak any- dation day programme at the Naseeruddin Shah had thing outside... Whatever I university, Rajnath Singh said, expressed concern over "intol- have to say, I will say in as far as public health spend- erance" in the country while Parliament." ing is concerned, the govern- referring to the killing of a Ten central agencies were ment has not been able to policeman in a mob violence, on December 20 authorised by spend enough on the sector. triggered by alleged cow the Centre to intercept, moni- He said, "The spending of slaughter, in Bulandshahr ear- tor and decrypt all the data the Government on the health lier this month. contained in any computer sector is 1.16 per cent of the Singh, who was here to 5 ) 6 8 ' system. GDP, and it is our effort to take attend the 114th foundation 22B ? $/65 7 ' ! The move set off a politi- it to 2.5 per cent". day of King George's Medical cal storm with the Opposition On the demand for University (KGMU), told in the world where people tinue to do so," he added. accusing the Government of AIIMS-like status for KGMU, reporters, "The tolerance that from various prominent reli- The veteran actor had trying to create a "surveillance Singh said, he held discussion exists in India, I don't think can gions co-exist peacefully... They Friday said that the death of a state". in this regard with the Health be found in any corner of the have contributed in making cow was being given impor- The Centre, however, said Minister, but some policy world." India empowered, self-reliant tance over killing of a police- the rules for intercepting and changes have to be brought in "India is the only country and prosperous and will con- man in the violence. monitoring computer data first. PTI 4 $ 9 $ $ $ 4 $ / ' ! 8 C%+6 $ ' 1& = // ' 0 1< ' > Q :! ' :? Jaipur/New Delhi: As many as opportunity to those who have Kolkata: CPI(M) general sec- Dushashan, just as in the BJP, %;2/ 23 newly elected legislators — 22 not held ministerial portfolios in retary Sitaram Yechuri on we know of Modi and Shah." Dibrugarh (Assam): Bogibeel, Congress and one RLD — are the past. Sunday alleged that Prime "The Kauravas said how Asia's second longest rail-cum- Amaravati (AP): Andhra expected to take oath as They said over a dozen of Minister Narendra Modi was can five Pandavas defeat 100 of road bridge that will be opened Pradesh Chief Minister N Ministers in the first Rajasthan them will be seen in tomorrow's resorting to manipulation of them, but eventually that hap- to traffic by Prime Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Cabinet formation on Monday. cabinet expansion. statistics to paint a rosy picture pened; likewise the BJP claims Narendra Modi on Tuesday, Sunday dubbed Prime Minister Chief Minister Ashok Meanwhile, Gehlot has so of his Government's achieve- to be invincible, but the state has a serviceable period of Narendra Modi as a “hollow” Gehlot and Deputy Chief far initiated a few transfers of ments. polls have shown they can be around 120 years, senior officials man who has “done nothing” Minister Sachin Pilot, who took officials with the likelihood of a Yechuri claimed Modi's defeated," Yechury said. said here. for the country. oath on December 17, returned thorough reshuffle of bureau- announcement that 99 per cent system has been established to He said the Government's The 4.9 km-long Bogibeel He also accused the Modi to the State Capital on Sunday crats after the cabinet formation. goods will now attract 18 per a large extent and we are work- move to authorise 10 Central Bridge on the Bramhaputra Government of “denying” spe- noon after spending three days "As many as 22 Congress cent or lower GST as a "post ing towards a position where 99 agencies to intercept any infor- river is India's only fully weld- cial category status to Andhra in New Delhi for a meeting with and one alliance partner RLD's truth", since 97 per cent of mer- per cent items will attract the mation on computers was an ed bridge for which european Railways, the girder has steel Pradesh, despite promising it in president Rahul Gandhi and MLA are likely to take oath at chandise or services already sub-18 per cent GST slab." indication that the country codes and welding standards floor system for railway tracks Parliament. senior party functionaries. Raj Bhawan on Monday," a attract 18 per cent or less GST. The GST Council on was moving "towards a police were adhered to for the first time and concrete for road. Naidu said Modi did noth- The names of council of party leader informed. "The method adopted by Saturday reduced tax rates on state." in the country, said Chief "Early flood in the river ing even for his home state ministers have been finalised by Those who are likely to Modi surpasses Goebells," he 23 goods and services, includ- Alleging that the Centre Engineer Mohinder Singh. Brahmaputra restricted the Gujarat as its Chief Minister for the State Congress leaders take oath are BD Kalla, Raghu said, drawing a parallel with ing movie tickets, TV and wants to gag dissenting voice, Singh said a fully welded working season to a very short 12 years, but made everyone including Gehlot and Pilot after Sharma, Shanti Dhariwal, Lal Hitler's Propaganda Minister monitor screens and power he said people talking against bridge has a low maintenance period of approximately five believe he did "great things". rounds of discussion with Rahul Chand Kataria, Pramod Jain during the Nazi rule in banks, and exempted frozen the Government are termed cost. The bridge, constructed at months (from November to "We all believed this. The Gandhi and other senior lead- Bhaya, Parsadi Lal Meena, Germany. and preserved vegetables from 'urban Naxalites'. an estimated cost of Rs 5,900 March) and demanded huge whole country believed this but ers, sources said. Vishvendra Singh, Harish "Statistics are manipulated the levy. Yechury also criticised the crore, has a "serviceable period mobilisation of construction were left cheated", the chief The swearing in ceremony choudhary, Ramesh Chand to distort facts," Yechuri said, With this cut, only 28 Trinamool Congress (TMC) of around 120 years", he said. equipment," said Singh. minister said in a continued is expected to be held in Jaipur Meena, Bhanwar Lal Meghwal, speaking at a seminar on Karl goods are now left in the high- for taking different stands in The bridge reduces travel Transportation of concrete diatribe against Modi. at 11.30 AM on Monday, they Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Marx's 200th birth anniversary est 28-per cent tax bracket. West Bengal and at the nation- time from Assam to Arunachal across river channels of 600 He also released a 'white said. AICC general secretary in Udai Lal Anjana, Saleh celebrations, organised by the Yechury said in order to al level on upholding democ- Pradesh to four hours and will metre to 900 metre width from paper' on "implementation" of charge of Rajasthan, Avinash Mohammad and Govind Singh Communist Party of divert and dilute protests grow- ratic rights. cut out the detour of over 170 both the north and south banks Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Pandey and Congress observer Dotasara. Mamta Bhupesh, India(Marxist) here. ing against the Government He said that West Bengal km via Tinsukia. was the biggest challenge, he Act, 2014 and the "connected for the State on Government for- Arjun Singh Bamaniya, He also claimed that the over "miseries of people, the Chief Minister and TMC It will also reduce Delhi to said. To overcome this, concrete assurances", here, targeting pri- mation, K C Venugopal, besides Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Sukhram Prime Minister and the ruling BJP and similar other supremo Mamata Banerjee was Dibrugarh train-travel time by was pumped through pipeline marily the PM. AICC secretaries for the state Vishnoi, Ashok Chandna, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organisations are resorting to "murdering democracy in about three hours to 34 hours as laid over buoys. "A leader makes all the dif- were also involved in the delib- Tikaram Jully, Bhajanlal Jatav, were resorting to such manip- sharpening of communal Bengal and speaking of against 37 hours presently. "Eighty-thousand tonnes of ference. We believed what all erations for deciding on the Rajendra Singh Yadav and ulation to suit their interest and polarisation." upholding it in the rest of the Modi will open the bridge to steel plates was delivered for the Narendra Modi said. What is Ministers, the sources said. RLD's Subhash Garg are also paint a rosy picture of the Likening PM Modi and country." traffic, 16 years after it was project via a combination of rail Narendra Modi today... Rahul Gandhi intends to likely to take oath, he said. National Democratic Alliance BJP national president Amit The CPI(M) politburo announced by then prime min- and road transport, while a Hollow," Naidu remarked. focus on having a Cabinet with Rajasthan can have a total of (NDA) Government's achieve- Shah with characters from the member said in the run up to ister Atal Bihari Vjpayee. 1,000 tonne hydraulic jack and The Prime Minister had a majority being fresh faces, 30 Ministers including the Chief ments, when the ground real- Mahabharata, the former Rajya the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, The bridge has a two-line strand jacks linked with the sub- been campaigning that there sources said, adding the Cabinet Minister and the Gehlot cabinet ity was otherwise. Sabha member said, "Of the one has to be clear who are the railway track on the lower deck structures were used for moving was no great leader than him, will be a blend of the old and will have some vacancies left Modi had on Tuesday said 100 Kauravas, we know the real allies in the fight against and a three-lane road on the top steel truss over the pillars," he he alleged, adding "but he is no new guard and will give an which will be filled later. PTI in Mumbai, "Today, the GST names of Duryodhan and the saffron party. PTI deck. For the first time in Indian said. PTI good". PTI ? 7 6) $ R Q*0 $R ' 5
$ 0%% “If he had planned to play a Minister. “This leader feels %833-* Karunanidhi, it has ended as a that the National Herald case Patna: The Bihar young provincial capital of "All historic institutions mishap. Stalin is no match for and the Augusta Westland Government's decision to rede- Bihar. endeavour to preserve their MK chief M K Stalin’s last Karunanidhi who was cun- helicopter case would put velop Patna's prestigious The college, renamed a few heritage for the next generation. Dweek ‘Chennai Declaration’ ning and intelligent,” added spokes in the way of the moth- PMCH by demolishing its his- decades after Independence, And, the coming generation that Rahul Gandhi would be the Satyamurthy. er-son duo becoming the toric buildings has upset the as the Patna Medical College will be robbed off seeing the Prime Ministerial candidate of Both Satyamurthy and Sam Prime Minister and he being alumni of the State's first med- and Hospital, popularly known heritage of Bihar's first medical the united Opposition has failed Rajappa, veteran journalist, are the senior most leader of the ical college, who have appealed as PMCH, is dotted with his- college. The Government to enthuse the main Opposition of the view that Tamil Nadu party stands a chance to to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar torical buildings, including the should preserve it," PMCH parties not only in other States was still in a state of fluid fol- emerge as a person acceptable to save the heritage of the 93- Bankipore General Hospital Alumni Association president but also the outfits in Tamil lowing the death of Jayalalithaa to all,” said another senior year-old institution for the and Women Hospital, which Dr Satyajeet Kumar Singh said. Nadu. Sources close to the and Karunanidhi, the bosses of Congress leader. posterity. were equipped with special lifts Patna-based Singh, who DMK’s top leadership told The the AIADMK and the DMK. His statement might have Born in 1925 as the Prince in that era, the main adminis- had worked for several years in Pioneer that Stalin’s surprise “They were a class apart and made him a favourite with the of Wales Medical College, set trative building, and physiolo- the UK after completing his declaration did not have the there are no leaders in both the Nehru-Gandhi family but what up to commemorate the visit of gy and anatomy departments, graduation, rued that the cam- endorsement of even his own parties to take their positions Stalin lost in the process is the the then Prince of Wales, among other structures. pus buildings had some neglect party colleagues. It may be ,” said Sam Rajappa. respect he enjoyed among Edward VIII, its iconic, old her- The new project of the over the last few decades, but noted that Durai Murugan, the Even TTV Dhinakaran, other Opposition leaders like itage building are now pro- Bihar Government has not it would be "grossly unwise" to party treasurer who is the de the State said that he was Kerala, the Communists (both founder of the AMMK , the Mamta Banerjee, chief minis- posed to be dismantled in gone down well with the demolish them and such a facto number two in party happy with the name of any the CPI-M and the CPI) are breakaway faction of the ter of Bengal, Chandra Babu multiple phases as part of a PMCH alumni, living in Bihar massive hospital in a congest- hierarchy has not responded to Congressman proposed by the engaged in a direct battle with AIADMK, ruled out projecting Naidu, Chief Minister of redevlopment plan. or abroad, who have suggested ed area meant it would lead to the announcement made by his DMK chief. the Congress and do not like to Rahul Gandhi as Prime Andhra Pradesh, said Rajappa. The Prince of Wales had restoring and preserving the "traffic nightmares" in streets. party boss. Though Stalin endeared be seen n public as allies of the Minister. There are some on “Many senior leaders of the visited Patna on December 22- historic institution in its orig- The State Cabinet had in Except the leaders of fringe himself to Sonia Gandhi and Congress,” said G Satyamurthy, Tamil Nadu who views Stalin’s Opposition parties stayed away 23 in 1921 as part of his royal inal form and developing November given its nod for the outfits like VCK and Muslim Rahul Gandhi by the declara- columnist and commentator. move as a pre-emptive strike from the swearing in of the tour of India and the college "extension centres" in periph- redevelopment of the PMCH League, no major allies of the tion, it has failed to enthuse the He further stated that against a senior Congress three Congress chief ministers,” was established four years later eral areas of Patna, like Bihta or into the world's-largest 5462- DMK has come out in support spirit of the Communist par- Stalin’s out-of-turn statement leader from Tamil Nadu who he pointed out. The ‘Chennai to perpetuate the memory of Fatuha, on the lines of AIIMS bed hospital at an estimated of the “Rahul for PM” slogan. ties. “They are in a dilemma was proof of the political has been secretly pushing him- Declaration’ has remained a his visit to what was then a extension centres. cost of 5540 crore. PTI A veteran Congress leader in because in neighbouring immaturity of the DMK chief. self for the post of Prime non-starter. %# ( #) ("%*+,*-./ B Q/ " 1 1 1 R
Chennai: Prime Minister said without referring to any- between Congress and its parties, he said while they were worker, Modi charged that the Modicare healthcare, the fast Narendra Modi on Sunday one. southern ally DMK, Modi said passing resolutions against Congress tried to spread lies pace of construction of public lashed out at the proposed DMK President MK Stalin, none had forgotten where the Congress "not long ago," call- among people about BJP. and individual toilets and gov- mega party coalition or a who had recently proposed two parties stood on the Jain ing it "pro-imperialist", respon- "They spare no effort to ernment spending on sustain- mahagathbandhan to take on Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Commission. sible for price rise, agriculture mislead people about the able transportation such as the the ruling BJP at the Centre, as Opposition's Prime "That time Congress said crisis and much more, now progress our party is making. chennai metro rail, among oth- terming it an "unholy alliance" Ministerial candidate for the either it is DMK or it is us. But they were praising each other. Almost every poor household ers. of various political parties for 2019 Lok Sabha polls, was one today they are together. If not In an apparent dig at in the country has a Jandhan Year 2018 was a "great 'personal survival.' of the leaders incarcerated dur- opportunism, what explains Sharad Pawar's NCP, Modi bank account but the Congress year" for the country and was People will see through ing the Emergency. their alliance," he asked. said "another party based in will mislead people saying that a "watershed" one, he added. the 'incoherent alliance' of 'rich "Corrupt and criminal ele- Taking on BJP's former Maharashtra was formed in their money is not safe in The government has also dynasties,' Modi said during his ments are supreme when these ally Telugu Desam Party, severe opposition to the banks. been working for the senior cit- interaction with booth workers parties govern. It is common helmed by Andhra Pradesh Congress leadership." "About six crore people izens' welfare and among other from Chennai Central, knowledge how the Congress Chief Minister N Chandrababu "The truth is that this so- have got gas connection. But things, slashed their Income Chennai North, Madurai, harassed Mulayamji (SP leader Naidu, he said it was floated by called grand alliance is a club those who have been rejected Tax slabs, reduced prices of Tiruchirappally and Tiruvallur Mulayam Singh Yadav) with the veteran N T Rama Rao of rich dynasties. They are by people spread all types of lies stents and knee implants and constituencies in Tamil Nadu. be inspired by the socialist for personal ambitions, not cases. Have these parties done "who faced the anger and high- only to promise family rule. on it. They will mislead the provided subsidised medicines The Prime Minister said leader Ram Manohar Lohia, people's aspirations," he justice to the ideals of Dr handedness of the Congress." People can see through their people on the Awas yojana through Jan Aushadi centres. the key constituent of the mega but the veteran himself charged. Lohia," he said, adding the "He formed a party for the opportunism and will never (Housing scheme)...", he said. The process for providing alliance — Telugu Desam Party opposed Congress and its He recalled Lohia as saying answer was a 'resounding' no. pride and respect of the Telugus accept such an incoherent During his interaction, the life certificate for pensioners — was formed against the very ideaologies, Modi said. that Congress is a 'compromise Further, the Congress and at a time when the Congress coalition. India wants democ- Prime Minister highlighted has also been simplified with 'high- handedness' of the "Today several leaders are party' which has made com- its 'ecosytem' spared none, humiliated a chief minister of racy, the alliance wants dynasty. India's recent achievements, the launch of an Aadhaar- Congress by the veteran, late talking about a grand alliance promises on many ideological Modi said and pointed out at Andhra Pradesh. Yet today the India wants growth for all, the especially in 2018, such as the based online facility, he said, Chief Minister N T Ramarao, or a mahagathbandhan. This issues, national interest issues". the dismissal of the AIADMK party of NTR wants to ally with alliance wants growth only for country gaining rankings in and urged the party workers but that the party was now keen alliance is for personal survival, Further, many leaders in government of the late chief the Congress. How can people their families." he said lam- the ease of doing business to highlights these to the to join hands with Congress. not idealogy based support. the coalition were "arrested minister M G Ramachandran of Andhra Pradesh accept this," basting the opposition group- index. elders at various locations Further, some parties in the This alliance is for power, not and tortured" during the in 1980. he said. ing. He also referrred to the including their morning walks mahagathbandhan claimed to for the people. This alliance is Emergency, the Prime Minister Recalling the past rivalry Taking a swipe at the Left To a question from a party launch of the comprehensive and temples. 6 6 + $' !'
& C 0 0 141&-* Marathi Welcomed, Diktat Not Welcomed” , “We Prayed for Shillong: The man, who was km from Shillong — belonged umbai’s former Sheriff Rains, Rains Gave us Potholes. arrested in connection with the to him, Superintendent of Police Mand founder of Giants God now save us from mine mishap in Meghalaya's Sylvester Nongtynger told PTI. International Nana Mansinh Potholes”, “PM in Japan, Soon East Jaintia Hills district a fort- Two mine managers, Chudasama, known for his we shall have pure Gangajal”, night ago, has admitted that he Mohesh and James Sukhlain, are witty “Talk of the Town” ban- “Our Cricket Team Tests was the owner of the 370-foot- still on the run, he said. ners along Marine Drive in Nation’s Patience”. “Tsunami of deep illegal quarry, police said Sukhlain facilitates mine south Mumbai, died here on catching banners like “Idiot: Corruption: Only God Can on Sunday. operations, while Mohesh is the Sunday, following brief illness. Man who did not vote”, “Let Save Us”, “Jai Hind, Jai Modi”, Fifteen miners were trapped person responsible for bringing Chudasama, better known Your never die, Donate Eyes” , “Small Cabinet, let’s hope for in the "rat-hole" mine on labourers from West Garo Hills in the recent years as the father “Indrani Saga: Reality Makes big impact” and “Football made December 13 after water from district and Assam, the SP said. of fashion designer-turned- Fiction Fake”, “Promoting Brazil, Zinta made cricket”. nearby Lytein river gushed into Earlier, the police had said BJP spokesperson Shaina NC, it. All efforts to trace the labour- Chullet was involved in hiring was 86. ers have turned futile as the labourers and sending them Chudasama, who through water level in the mine showed down the shaft. Around 20 his thought-provoking banners no signs of receding in the past miners had entered the 370-foot had earned sobriquets of being 11 days. Krip Chullet, who was mine on Dec 13. After reaching the "conscience keeper of arrested on December 14, the bottom of the pit, they Mumbai" and "voice of the 6 $6 ? $ 5 ! 6 0 6 8 admitted during interrogation entered the horizontal tunnels, common man", had over the 6 $ # $ $E / that the mine in Lumthari village often termed "rat-holes", as each years penned hundreds of ' ' ! of Khliehriat area — around 80 just about fits one person. PTI banners on topical issues of public importance. Put up at a vantage “Talk of the Town” point along the / $ Marine Drive, his banners would draw the attention of the office goers in the late sev- enties eighties, nineties and " R # $ even 2000s. A compilation of 500 such witty banners was brought out in the form of a 0 0 141&-* ject was stuck for some many power. So some leaders sug- book in 2010. Q@ R . years. Even we had thought it gested, just make tall promises. Chudasama, whom many nown for his candidness, would never be completed. If we do not come to power, we Mumbaikars would call as 0 0 141&-* made an issue of Kamal Nath’s KUnion Minister and senior But, this project has been com- won't be responsible anyway." Mumbai’s original “tweeter”, decision to accord priority in BJP leader Nitin Gadkari puts pleted during the tenure of Rahul Gandhi shared the pur- had come up several eye- ebunking the ruling BJP jobs to local people and make his foot in mouth once again by our Government in the State,” ported video on his twitter Ddemand for an apology it mandatory on new industries saying that the BJP-led Gadkari said. handle and commented: "You from Congress president Rahul to reserve jobs for local people. Maharashtra Government had Gadkari said that the Maha are right. The public also Gandhi for Madhya Pradesh Raut wondered as to what disproved the apprehension Government had completed believes that the Govt exploit- Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s wrong Kamal Nath had done in that, even a eunuch, if is mar- many pending irrigation pro- ed their dreams and their trust." comment that MP's "youth" stating MP's "youth" were los- ried, could beget a child, but a jects during the last four years. On his part, Gadkari clar- were losing jobs to migrants ing jobs to migrants from Uttar local irrigation project would Gadkari’s reference to ified latter that he did not from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, Pradesh and Bihar. “A contro- never be completed. eunuchs is bound to spark a name PM Modi, the BJP nor Shiv Sena on Sunday demand- versy broke out after the new Speaking at a farmers’ rally controversy in the State. The did he speak of giving 15 lakh ed to know from its senior CM of MP made a statement to at Sangli in western “eunuch begetting a child” con- to people. Alluding to the video, alliance partner as to why it did this effect. The BJP made an Maharashtra, Gadkari said “We troversy comes on the heels of Gadkari said: “During the not apologise for the manner in issue of it even in Parliament. had an apprehension that even another controversy over a Maharashtra State Assembly which north-Indians were beat- The BJP men demanded an a eunuch, if is married, can comment reportedly made dur- polls (late BJP leader) Gopinath en up and driven out of Gujarat apology from Rahul Gandhi. A beget a child, but irrigation pro- ing a conversation with a media Munde ji and (Chief Minister) a few months ago. few months ago, hundreds of jects in Maharashtra would channel. Devendra ji (Fadnavis) had In a signed article written youths from north India were never be completed. But, our It may be recalled that told him to announce that toll in Shiv Sena’s mouth-piece beaten up and driven out of the Government has disproved our sometime in October this year, would be abolished the BJP “Saamana”, the Sena spokesper- BJP-ruled Gujarat on the issue apprehension and completed a video surfaced in which comes to power. I said let's not son and newspaper’s Executive of north-Indians cornering the long-pending Tembu irri- Gadkari is quoted as saying in do it because this action will Editor Sanjay Raut ridiculed jobs there. At that time, the BJP gation project in Sangli district”. Marathi that the BJP "was con- lead to problem as it will be dif- the manner in which the BJP did not tender any apology”. “The Tembu irrigation pro- fident it could never come to ficult to implement it. 6
0%% , ' relation with Sanskrit or Hindi BCE and 100 CE while M. %833-* spoken in North India. Srinivasa Aiyangar places it 0 The notes chronicled by between 5th Century BCE and he theory of a separate Swamy, which were examined 6th Century CE. Still others date TDravidian ideology as demolished again, this time by Swamy who was a former and translated into English by it variously from the 2nd claimed by the Dravidian par- the findings of late BGL Swamy, professor and principal of author Sandeep Balakrishna Century BCE and the 1st ties in Tamil Nadu has been a scholar from Karnataka. Presidency College in Chennai based in Karanataka proves Century CE’, says Swamy’s notes. (1953- 1978) has found that that the original work of The deleted pages from Robert Caldwell, founder of Caldwell has been tampered by the preface of the book Dravidian ideology, had said Madras University. authored by Caldwell holds that Tamil literature originat- “Caldwell’s book was first the key to the whole Dravidian ed only in the 10CE while the published in 1856. Its second theory, according to Swamy. He Dravidians claim that it dated edition saw light in 1857. It con- wrote to British Museum back to 1800 BCE. tained an elaborate preface Library where the original edi- The edifice of Dravidian (154 pages) in a book totalling tions of Caldwell’s books are identity and related politics has 608 pages. In 1936, the Madras kept, photocopied the original been built on an ideology University published an pages and distributed the same introduced by Caldwell, an abridged version of this book in among hardcore Dravidians of Irish evangelist who came to which the preface was chopped Presidency College and Madras India in 1838 to spread the off in several places. The University. Word of Gospel and made Dravidianists are smart. If ‘Their response: “You’re Tamil Nadu his home till he someone shows them evidence very tough! You have managed died in 1891. Caldwell has that goes against their current to fool even the officials of the been accorded the status of the train of opinion, they ensure Museum!” ,’Swamy wrote in his Father of Dravidian ideology that such evidence vanishes memoirs. Swamy had authored by diehard Dravidians. completely. They have ensured an academic paper “The Art of "A Comparative Grammar that the first and second edi- Making Things Disappear” of Dravidian or South Indian tions of Caldwell’s book have based on his studies. Family of Languages" authored similarly vanished in order to This is not the first time by Caldwell is considered as a protect the current and future Caldwell’s efforts to divide India seminal volume on the identi- generations of innocent Tamils on the Aryan and Dravidian ty of the South Indian lan- from being corrupted,” reads lines are being exposed. Rajiv guages. He claimed in his work the noting made by Swamy. Malhotra and Aravindan that the South Indian lan- Caldwell says in his book Neelakandan, in their work guages of Tamil, Malayalam, that ‘beginning of Tamil litera- “Breaking India” has quoted Telugu, Kannada, Tulu and ture is not earlier than 10CE . M what Timothy Brook and the Brahui language spoken in S Purnalingam Pillai, a Andre Schmid mentioned Pakistan and Afghanistan Dravidian ideological scholar, about Caldwell in their work belonged to the distinct dates the Third Sangam litera- “Asian Elites and National Dravidian family and had no ture to a period between 1750 Identities”. %# ( #) ("%*+,*-./ C * + !!"*# #; ?$ 2 #; ; ;4(& -7;,, '* , ( ' ' 8' ' A -* ! 1 / 6 S ( # ;: 0 % O O S ( # % ( , 08% - 0 0 irst things first, I would like to wish ( all the readers of The Pioneer a = 5 merry Christmas and a Happy 6 ( New Year. We all know that 2019 will be a very dramatic year for 0 0 FIndia because in less than 10 weeks, the 0 ( Election Commission will announce the > schedule for the next general election. And we will, hopefully, by the end of May, have the next Government in power. I do not 6 ? 6 0 have a crystal ball and I cannot gaze into % the future and tell you who will be sworn into the office by President Ram Nath Kovind. But I can predict that the upcom- @ 0 ing elections will be a dirty battle, full of 0 1 2 innuendoes, unsubstantiated rumours and allegations of wrongdoings — whether true 1 + - or false. " A < ;; It is not as if these shenanigans have ( ( not taken place in elections before. Indeed ever since the Athenians invented the con- * ( cept of democracy, elections have been dirty. But 2019 in India will be different 0 0 because it will be the first truly digital elec- tion process. Yes, the Bharatiya Janata Party # and Prime Minister Narendra Modi pio- ( neered the usage of social media and online ed brand, one might believe the likelihood of such a video be taken against smartphone A messaging applications in 2014. But in the what he/she will read on such becoming viral, that is spread- news applications that are clear- past five years, as dramatically lower data a fake website. ing rapidly, is extremely high. ly being run out of China. One # ( prices and access to cheap Chinese-made There is also a problem And what is known as ‘deep cannot check the veracity of O 0 ( mobile devices have enabled more than with ‘news apps,’ often embed- fake’ video technology exists every single news item and , B ( 300-350 million Indians access to a smart- ded on a smartphone when one today. You genuinely cannot every single website. But there phone — a three-fold increase since the last acquires it. These applications, $878-"$= make out if video or speech has to be some way of checking elections — things will be very different. which may or may not have patterns have been faked. And the ownership and editorial 0S 3 4 , 5 ( First and foremost, levels of digital lit- been certified by a third party &"=19-A=. when you add a fake logo of a leadership of websites, just like eracy in India are very poor. Keep in mind, such as Google, can easily %8%<*3 $8 respectable news organisation, print publications fall under the ( this does not equate with literacy. A lack spread fake information in the the trust value goes up. Press Council of India and are of digital literacy affects the highly educat- guise of news to derive politi- =937"8*2-3 Even if such a video is dis- subject to defamation laws. ( ed people as well who tend to believe what- cal benefit. credited in two-three hours, a Even television channels need 0 ever they read on the internet. While there Now we know which coun- *$=7*-: third of the polling day is over, clearance from the Home ? $ 3?$ 4 ( 9CD is some evidence to prove that people are try manufacturers all these :- 7"8*2=. and retractions take a lot longer Ministry. There has to be some less likely to believe images on the inter- devices. So, the pertinent ques- to spread in the news cycle. The way of verifying information C;9 " + net — as they now know images can be tion is: Can China manipulate 9&"*$"!>4"$ damage is done. You might from websites. ( manipulated — there are studies that the Indian electorate by spread- :*<27*3$ have been disgusted with the The problem here, of = $ show that people tend to believe informa- ing fake news? Short answer said politician for being moral- course, is that some websites tion they read on the internet, especially yes. Of course, the current 24&:*%-$*=3" ly corrupt and might even are clearly run by surrogates ( - one from a formal sounding uniform problem with many of these .-::43 7$8 have changed your vote. One based abroad, and free speech ( resource locator (URL) or web address. applications, which unlike ser- does not need to look at just absolutists would rather slit The cynical among you and digital vices of WhatsApp, Facebook 27""%=43%*: foreign powers for this. The their wrists than allow moder- natives would always take a close look at or Twitter, where there are =.*3 *--3 propensity of political party’s ated content in India. And this the URL and see if it is real or fake, espe- redressal systems no matter information technology cell, to also leads to the question: Who cially when it comes to financial transac- how slow, is that they have no -7"4&>%$$= spread such information direct- moderates the websites? Can a &* = tions. But the rampant cases of phishing, control. Some of them are also .-1-$*=3 ly or through surrogates such Government stop access to where personal and financial information hiring hundreds of content as news websites in their con- websites and information it is stolen using fake websites that look creators to curate information :-9"#53 trol, is happening right now. feels distinctly uncomfortable , . & 8 deceptively like that of a real bank, are com- that can move markets, such as Given that many seats are with even if the news items are mon. There are job hoaxes that are distress- spreading fake news on food $:5*"*=3 close, even if a few thousand true? Or do we take the nuclear , R ' ' ingly common online, especially in India. items, cures for diseases and %8-33:"3 voters change their mind, vote option and restrict internet And the problem is worst when it Indian politics. or do not vote or even press the access 48 hours before comes to news — it does not take much And even if there is a %:-7-3% ‘None Of The Above’ (NOTA) polling? to create a fake or even malicious news site redressal system, the timeline .7=1$88=1 button, it can swing a seat. And There are no easy answers ) or video. With some snazzy editing and for an election, the actual phys- 1*3*"$7A since most predictions have and frankly, it might be too late headline writing, along with stolen content, ical voting day, is quite short. 2019 as a frightfully close elec- to do much ahead of the 2019 one can create a fake website for even a What if a fake video about a sex tion in the present scenario, elections. But this is a problem. ( well-known media brand. For example, scandal of a popular politician this could dramatically alter the A problem that we must all someone can create a dailypioneerr.com got into your device at 8 am on result of who comes to power. accept and so should the website and one’s brain might not even the polling day, the exact time So we know the problem, Election Commission of India. process the second ‘r’ in the domain when the booths open? what can be done about it? First (The writer is Managing $ * name. And being a fake of an old and trust- Being a secondary scandal, things first, some action has to Editor, The Pioneer) + + , - ( 4 . ) ;8 ( 8 '1 ( . H- $8 * 42-O 7 9 * ( * ! O O #* ! #$ - ! ! H # # # # S +,,4$+4 $4$*6, 4$+4 $4$*6, 26+, 4$4, $; K" 1K / S ( KA " K1 -3H K & 7 ( 0 S / % 4 6 )84% S * ( 1 $ # + ( Bihar and Uttar Pradesh is real- ly an unfortunate one. It may be 2 + ! 2 3 the case that Nath’s viewpoint 0 4 Sir — This refers to the editorial, may find favour with the youth “A demon called waiver” !L- of his State, but it does not real- (December 21). It is an irony that M' (#& ly bode well for the country. / political parties promise loan $ 7 ! 1 2 Selection of jobs must be made on 5 waivers to strengthen their hold on % !% 7 the basis of one’s qualities and tal- ( 0 power and to please the farming 2 1 3 1 ent and not on one’s identity. If community. One doubts whether # $ every State Government makes + they are genuinely concerned % ! " ! efforts to improve employment about the farmers’ interests. The #$ % opportunities in its own State, 0 ( Congress promised loan waivers why would the youth need to seek in their election manifesto to #3!7 jobs elsewhere? ( ( come back to power. And even- #9 Mohd Umar S # tually, they did come to power. , # H Madhya Pradesh *)$ + But the drain on the exche- 8 ! #$ quer as a result of loan waivers is 0 +S ( large. This can affect the econo- 42- N# #$ my. This because the money, - ! 2 1 O# + 2 + S ( which should actually be used for /+*$ Sir — The Indian Space Research developmental purpose, is divert- #* Organisation made the country ! " ! ed towards fulfilling waiver proud with the launch of GSAT- $ / * promises. How then will the 7A, a geostationary communica- 1 $ *)$ 6 $ State Governments manage funds loan waivers as pursued by the may face a lot of problems. tion satellite, from the Satish that are essential for infrastruc- Congress will not benefit either Thus, it is for the Dhawan Space Centre in + P Q 5 ture and development projects? the farming community or the Government to chalk out a Sriharikota. This new satellite, *)$ Devendra Khurana economy as a whole. Congress process that can make the eco- Sir — This refers to the editori- along with GSAT-7 and GSAT-6, ( # ( Bhopal chief Rahul Gandhi said, “We will nomic system strong. Otherwise, al, “Kamal Nath’s faux pas” dubbed the ‘Indian Angry Bird’, will not let Modi sleep till he waives GDP growth will be stable or (December 20). Every citizen of form the band of communications off all farm loans”. Increasing loan might even take long time. In the India has the right to live an work satellite for use by the military. + ( waivers will mean a greater fiscal pursuit of power, the country’s anywhere in the country. Madhya Mohd Faheem * ( # *)$ burden on the economy as well as economic development should Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Mumbai Sir — This refers to the editori- the Government. This may in not be sacrificed. Nath’s argument that the youth of ' $$ C al, “A demon called waiver” return slow down overall growth. 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He thought, why not shift to Shantiniketan and start 7%7-$-3 — they felt fettered and imprisoned. and invested a substantial portion in a teristics. The need for this is in some way , @ *3"2*7*3 ( a small experimental school there?” His thought Tagore could never reconcile to the idea cooperative bank that was created by him being acknowledged and accepted in process was already influenced by the ancient 35*7=313$=. of children being made to sit like “speci- to help needy peasants on his family terms of ‘spiritual quotient.’ It requires # ( gurukula system and the way knowledge was dis- $8-$ men of some museum in classrooms, estate. He realised that people needed to serious consideration by policy-makers pensed and acquired there, naturally. %=4: - 7-% while lessons are being pelted at them be inspired about their inner potential of current times: “The young mind ( Sages and saints lived with their pupils, present- $=$83$*7 from high-like hailstorm on flowers.” and ways to manifest it, moving out of should be saturated with the idea that it ed the ideals of simple living and universal think- 27=%""=. All that he experienced and disliked, the shackles of despondency and rejuve- has been born in the human world which # ( ing. Tagore was convinced that the best teacher was :-73*3 #75*5-: fired the imagination of young Tagore nate their lives through regeneration of is in harmony with the world around it. ;C 9: nature. He wanted to recreate the joyful, soulful and -3 *3%:4"*=3=. to visualise better ways to educate. And self-assurance and acquisition of requi- And this is what your regular type of ( inspiring environment of Tapovan that could add $8&-"*%"=. this thought process that began rather site levels of knowledge and skills. school ignores with an air of superior wis- 0 ( grace and beauty to the entire process of learning, -3%*3$*3 *-3 early and resulted in the creation of the It was the sensitivity to the lives of the dom, severe and disdainful. It forcibly ( internalising knowledge and acquiring skills to utilise persona of the gurudev. His search for common man around which a consider- snatches children away from a world full it for the welfare of the people. Revival and inclu- "A"$197$8 a universal humane approach to the able number of his stories were woven; of mystery of God’s own handiwork full S ( =3:A9-A=4$=. 0 ( sion of the basics of ancient Indian system were the existing system of imparting and receiv- mostly his narratives revolved around of the suggestiveness of personality.” only way out of the soulless and mechanical system $8"=4::""-3 ing education, knowledge and wisdom their lives, times and travails. Tagore was It is evident that Tagore liked every $ that had replaced it. 1%8-3*%-: was a lifelong process. convinced that the objective of education learner to be well aware of his/her ( Tagore summarised the essence of his education- "A"$1$8-$8- As the scion of a zamindar family, must be constructed around bringing responsibility to strengthen the sensi- ( al ideas when he declared that the great use of edu- 72:-% *$ with a very sensitive and compassion- about excellence in human lives by edu- tive bond between man and nature. 0 cation was “to know man and to make oneself known ate mind, his life-long passion was not cation that would dispel the darkness of And that would be possible and prac- to man.” And towards this, everyone must get a only education, culture and art, but also ignorance. His idea of education did not tical only when human beings learn to chance to learn the language of intellect and also the the economic rehabilitation of the mean a pedantic acquisition of knowledge respect each other, realise the unity in / ‘language of art’ that is essential for overall person- Indian village. His consistent and life- but true wisdom: “We have to keep in diversity, appreciate the beauty of mul- ality development. His own experiences of school- long interest was the welfare of Indian mind the fact that love and action are the tiplicity of every conceivable variety, 0 ing were indeed highly uninspiring. Hard benches, peasants. Simultaneously, the sensitive only media through which perfect knowl- including the religious plurarism. dull prison-like walls and the ‘master’ who ‘looked poet was keenly observing the people edge can be obtained, for the object of Familiarity with the basics of like a cane incarnate.’ of India, their miseries, strengths, self- knowledge is not pedantry but wisdom.” Tagore’s philosophy of education can go 0 Tagore once said, “As soon as I entered the class- ishness, readiness to sacrifice, patience, Once an individual expands his /her can- a long way in re-orienting the present S ( room, the benches and tables forced themselves rude- heroism and sense of resignation to fate vas of outlook and awareness through system that is causing much concern to # ( ly on my attention, elbowing and jostling their way and in the process accepting injustice education, s/he can express himself/her- every thinking mind. Inadequacies in into my mind. They were always the same — stiff, without manly retaliation. self with self-assurance, and that would personality development, internalisation cramping and dead.” Things, it is officially claimed Tagore understood India — its peo- give him/her the sense of complete free- of values of social cohesion and religious # # at this juncture, have changed — at least in princi- ple and its tradition of knowledge quest dom that everyone wishes to achieve. amity, human responsibility in maintain- ( ple — but the overall environment in most of the — its contemporary relevance and defi- “Apathy and ignorance are the worst forms ing sensitive human-nature relationship (( schools remains more or less unattractive and uninvit- ciencies that grew due to the lack of of bondage for man; they are the invisi- are now appearing before us in fright- # ing as in the times of Tagore’s childhood. It is still dynamisms and reluctance to move with ble walls of confinement that we carry ening proportions. The system Tagore ( ( the same painful, overstressing and creativity- current times. While his outstanding con- around us when we are in their grip.” envisioned is universally applicable. It killing environment that maintains the regime of tributions in the intellectual arena are Once the cloud of darkness is dis- could also be interpreted as a total accep- # “cram and exam.” recognised and revered throughout India persed through the light of the right kind tance of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam in Even at home, learning has become a ‘task’ that and abroad, his singular and sensitivity- of education, given and received in a con- pragmatic terms. It’s time India recon- ( ( must be performed mechanically. “As I read, I nod, filled initiatives for the masses are often genial and sensitive environment, it siders the basics of its education policy $ then jerk myself again with a start but miss far more overshadowed. Not many know that he would be easy to comprehend the ‘unity and systemic structures on this count: ! than I read. When finally I tumble into the bed, I had, along with Shantiniketan, also of truth.’ This is one aspect that has been Is it nurturing the power of ideas and # have at least a little time to call my own.”His unpleas- founded a parallel institution — Sriniketan creating so much turmoil in human exis- imagination among the learners, or ant experiences, both in school and during private — for the welfare of the peasants. tence at this stage. It manifests in the shape stunting them? It’s time to consider how tuition at home, convinced him that it was not the These farm labourers needed sup- of war, violence, distrust, fundamentalism, curiosity and creativity is encouraged O = S system that encouraged flowering of human talent port, including inputs of new ideas, skills insecurity, misery, hunger and poverty. and inspired to flourish without any S and personality. Whatever time he spent in school- and outputs of new experiments and To move ahead to ameliorate inhu- shackles. It has an organic link to the ing and his initial earning gave him the knowledge innovations that were feasible because of man trends and tendencies, education process of growth and development of # ( of the wrongs suffered by children. The so-called dis- developments in science and technolo- systems should focus not only on the the country and its people. @ cipline in schools practically debarred students from gy. He donated a part of the Nobel Prize intellectual aspect, but equally on phys- (The writer is the Indian Representative participating in activities that naturally attracted them amount to his school in Shantiniketan ical, intellectual and emotional charac- on the Executive Board of UNESCO) . &4%8A.:
judges of the Supreme Court say that making him a favourite with the cial residence. Rajapaksa couldn’t get the President has acted illegally and the Sinhalese masses, he seemed set for a enough members of Parliament to ex-despot can’t claim that he is the very long run in power. His switch sides. They voted twice to Prime Minister. At this point, the Government continued to torture and remove Rajapaksa, so Sirisena dis- despot resigns and the President grudg- make opponents ‘disappear’ and his missed Parliament and called for new ingly ‘re-appoints’ the legitimate Prime family grew rich from corrupt deals. elections. P 012):% Minister. Virtue triumphs, and joy is But in 2015, one of his Cabinet min- That was illegal, too, and the unconfined. Maybe they even live isters, Maithripila Sirisena, defected struggle continued until December 13, ou could write a heart-warming happily ever after. It’s an engaging tale, from the Government, ran against him 2018, when the Supreme Court ruled 0 fairy tale about the turbulent and the basic outlines are true, but in for the presidency — and won. To his that Sirisena could not dissolve Yevents in the island nation of Sri the real world, the historical and social credit, Rajapaksa accepted his defeat. Parliament. At that point Rajapaksa * 1 Lanka in the past two months. It would context that surrounds the events Sirisena found a new ally in Ranil resigned, and later, an angry Sirisena " !$ involve a conniving President, who changes the tone of everything. Wickremesinghe, whose business- grudgingly swore Wickremesinghe abruptly and illegally dismisses the Sri Lanka is only 10 years away friendly United National Party had won back in as the Prime Minister. An elected Prime Minister, and replaces from the end of a brutal civil war that as alien and even as newcomers. but in Sri Lanka, the Tamil minority a majority in Parliament, and appoint- encouraging outcome, in which him with a corrupt and blood-soaked lasted for a quarter-century, and the The Tamils did well under British was big enough to fight back. It did so, ed him as the Prime Minister. However, Parliament, the courts and the gener- #1O former despot who was the President’s ‘despot’ is the man who won it by being colonial rule, when most Buddhist starting in 1987, in a guerrilla and ter- the new allies had little in common and al public behaved better than anybody old boss. The despot, now claiming to more brutal than anybody else. His Sinhalese refused to collaborate with rorist war that sought an independent estrangement between them grew. expected, but of course the story is $ be the real Prime Minister, tries to name is Mahinda Rajapaksa. The war their new political masters. There was Tamil state in the north and east of the The key issue that broke the never really over. Sirisena can ! strengthen his position by offering was about race and religion. Most of Sri revenge-taking after independence, island. alliance was trade: Sirisena preferred to Constitutionally dismiss Parliament 15 #* Members of Parliament jobs as Lanka’s people speak the Sinhalese lan- when Buddhist-dominated Up to 100,000 people died in the make deals with China, months from now, and Rajapaksa Ministers in his new Government. If guage and identify with the Buddhist Governments removed the official war, which ended with an orgy of Wickremesinghe with nearby India. On may well win the next election. H $ enough accept, he would have a major- religion. A minority several million status of the Tamil language and killing (40,000) in the final five months October 25, 2018, Sirisena sacked Meanwhile, Wickremesinghe’s ity in the Parliament and could claim strong, concentrated in the north and imposed restrictions on higher educa- of battles in 2009. Mahinda Rajapaksa Wickremesinghe (illegally) and Government may be almost paralysed 1 to be sort of legitimate. But most of the east, speak Tamil and are mostly tion for Tamils. There were even anti- was the President who directed those appointed Rajapaksa as Prime Minister because relations between Sirisena 2 MPs turn down the political bribes on Hindu in religion (with a significant Tamil pogroms. Buddhist intolerance battles, in which Tamils trying to sur- instead. Wickremesinghe pointed out and him are poisonous. The fairy-tale offer, and Parliament twice votes to Christian minority). Tamils have been towards non-Buddhist minorities is not render were often killed, and he that Sirisena didn’t have the power to is to be preferred whenever possible. # reject his claims. in Sri Lanka for at least 2,000 years, but unique to Sri Lanka, as the Rohingya emerged from the war as a national do that and barricaded himself into (The writer is an independent Finally, after 50 days of chaos, the the Buddhist majority tends to see them minority in Burma can readily attest, hero. With his populist, nationalist style Temple Trees, the Prime Minister’s offi- journalist) %# ( #) ("%*+,*-./ "
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Hundreds of buildings “The situation, and the FMacron called for “order” weeks, the protests were main- # were destroyed by the wave, death toll, will remain fluid on Sunday after a sixth week- ly peaceful. which hit the coast of southern over the next days and even end of “yellow vest” anti- But as evening fell, % &0 Sumatra and the western tip of weeks,” she told AFP. Government protests marked violence broke out again on E Java about 9:30 pm (1430 Teams of aid workers were by dwindling participation and the iconic Champs-Elysees $ 2 $ GMT) on Saturday after a vol- helping to evacuate the injured a violent attack on police in avenue. - ! cano known as the “child” of and bring in clean water, tar- Paris. In one incident that Krakatoa erupted, national dis- paulins and provide shelter, she Speaking during a visit to caused widespread outrage, a O aster agency spokesman Sutopo added, saying the group was the central African state of group of three police officers ! Purwo Nugroho said. preparing for the possibility of Chad where he was visiting on motorbike were forced to NF# Dramatic video posted on diseases breaking out in the French troops serving in a make a hasty escape after 2 $ social media showed a wall of tsunami zone. counter-terrorism force coming under attack near < " water suddenly crashing into a Anak Krakatoa, which Macron said: “There must be the Champs-Elysees from a concert by pop group forms a small island in the order now, calm and harmony. group of demonstrators, who 2 - $ #$ “Seventeen” -- hurling band Sunda Strait between Java and Our country needs it.” threw electric scooters, paving members off the stage and 8 $ $ $ Sumatra, emerged around 1928 “It needs harmony, unity, stones and other objects at 2 $ ! then flooding into the audi- ' 4 in the crater left by Krakatoa, sincere commitment to strong them. " ! 7 ence. which erupted in 1883 killing collective causes and we must A video of the incident, " # In a tearful Instagram post, the International Tsunami Photographer Oystein he was with his family when at least 36,000 people. heal the divisions,” said the 41- which was widely shared frontman Riefian Fajarsyah Information Centre. Andersen described how he the wave surged through “The cause of the undersea year-old centrist, who has on social media, showed one % ' 0 said the band’s bassist and Unlike those triggered by was caught up in the disaster Carita, carving a swathe of landslide was due to volcanic struggled to tamp down the officer pulling his gun and ) / ' road manager had been killed earthquakes, they give author- while on the beach taking pho- destruction. activity of Anak Krakatoa, anger of the working poor in pointing it at the advancing 641 3 - and his wife was missing. ities no time to warn residents tos of Anak Krakatoa. “Cars were dragged about which coincided with a high smalltown and rural France protesters. 2 % $ Search and rescue teams of the impending threat. “I suddenly saw a big 10 metres and so were con- tide due to the full moon,” over falling spending power He and his two colleagues * were scouring rubble for sur- The destructive wave left a wave,” he wrote on his tainers,” Perangkat told AFP. Nugroho told reporters in and policies seen as tilted — one of whom had his motor- vivors, with 222 people con- trail of uprooted trees and Facebook page. “Buildings on the edge of Yog yakar ta. towards the rich. bike knocked to the ground — * firmed dead, 843 people debris strewn across beaches. A “I had to run, as the wave the beach were destroyed, trees He also said the death toll A total of 38,600 people then made their getaway. - ! 3 - injured and 28 missing, tangled mess of corrugated passed the beach and landed and electric poles fell to the would likely increase. took part in a sixth round of The video showed that, " #* Nugroho said. Tsunamis trig- steel roofing, timber and rub- 15-20m inland. (The) next ground. Indonesian authorities ini- nationwide protests on seconds before the attack, gered by volcanic eruptions are ble was dragged inland at wave entered the hotel area In Lampung province, on tially claimed the wave was not Saturday, according to the inte- the police had lobbed relatively rare, caused by the Carita beach, a popular spot for where I was staying and the other side of the strait, Lutfi a tsunami, but instead a tidal rior ministry — around half the stun grenades at a group of sudden displacement of water day-trippers on the west coast downed cars on the road Al Rasyid said he fled the surge and urged the public not number that demonstrated a protesters, who were some dis- O # or “slope failure”, according to of Java. behind it.” Asep Perangkat said beach in Kalianda city, fearing to panic. week earlier. tance away. = 6/! ' 5' % : % :=3 =3 O 1,$4G1$,2+46$41*6 mation leading to the arrest % &7:*3 and conviction of those respon- % 9-"8*3 $=3 and part of his effort to reduce from South Virginia, said of the man and a woman arrest- >26+#+266+* sible for the disruption. ermany expressed serious illegal immigration. Democrats shutdown. % %=:=1&= Aed over the drone disrup- ,*>+4*$#;+,6,+4 Under recently-introduced Gconcern Sunday about the partial US Government are staunchly opposed, and the Jeffrey Grignon, a tion that brought Christmas $421,*$+4* 4 laws in Britain, drones cannot detention of Canadian nation- Ashutdown that entered its absence of a deal meant feder- Wisconsin healthcare worker, ver 45,000 people from getaway flights to a standstill at 2+46$416+26$#;+##+ be flown near aircraft or with- als in China, a day after Ottawa second day on Sunday was set al funds for dozens of agencies said the politicians “need to stop Onearly 14,000 families have London’s Gatwick Airport were #$4*+;$4*6$<6$+4P in a kilometre of an airport, or called on allies for support in to stretch through Christmas, lapsed at midnight Friday. acting like children” and do the been hit by flash floods trig- released without charge on at an altitude of over 400 feet. securing their release. after Congress adjourned for the The House of work they were elected to do. gered by heavy rains in Sri Sunday, police said. help counter the threat. Violators face up to five The German foreign min- weekend with no deal in sight Representatives and the Senate “It isn’t just one or two peo- Lanka’s northern province. A 47-year-old man and a The dangers posed by years in prison for endangering istry said it was closely follow- to end an impasse over funding held sessions on Saturday, but ple. It’s all them,” he said. No deaths or disappear- 54-year-old woman from the drones include the possibility of an aircraft. ing the cases of former diplo- for President Donald Trump’s both chambers adjourned with- Another visitor, Howard ances have been reported so far, town of Crawley, near Britain’s a device smashing into a pas- Gatwick, around 50 kilo- mat Michael Kovrig and con- wall on the US-Mexico border. out agreement, and no votes Vander Griend, 57, predicted disaster management officials second-busiest airport, were senger plane or being sucked metres south of the British sultant Michael Spavor. Due to the shutdown -- in were expected until Thursday. Trump will come out a winner said on Sunday. The five affect- arrested on Saturday. up into an engine where its capital, is the eighth-busiest air- "We are deeply concerned which several key US agencies Visitors to the capital’s park- from the budget impasse. ed districts are Mullaithivu, The police swooped after highly flammable lithium bat- port in Europe and sits behind that political motives could ceased operations at 12:01 am like National Mall, home to “I don’t think the shut- Kilinochchi, Mannar, Vavuniya three days of disruption from tery could cause a catastrophe. Mumbai as the world’s busiest have played a role in the deten- (0501 GMT) Saturday -- Trump attractions including war down will pressure president and Jaffna. Wednesday to Friday, affecting “Our inquiry continues at single-runway air hub. On its tions of the two Canadian cit- said he would remain in memorials and the towering Trump at all,” said Vander Some areas in the affected 140,000 passengers. a pace to locate those respon- website, Gatwick said its run- izens in China," a ministry Washington over Christmas Washington Monument, criti- Griend, of Tennessee. “So I districts received more than “Both people have fully sible for the drone incursions, way was open and it aimed to spokesman said in a state- instead of going to Florida. cized the shutdown which think he will get what he wants 350 mm of rainfall last night, co-operated with our enquiries and we continue to actively fol- run a full schedule over the ment. “I am in the White House, added to an air of chaos in a and I think that’s a good thing.” causing flash floods. and I am satisfied that they are low lines of investigation,” said weekend. "We call for the cases to be working hard,” the Republican capital still reeling from Defense Although tourists could still The officials said that over no longer suspects in the drone Tingley. Passengers were warned handled based on fair standards president tweeted. “We are Secretary Jim Mattis’s resigna- stroll along the Mall and visit its 8,500 people have been shel- incidents at Gatwick,” Sussex “We ask for the public’s to expect some delays and can- and the rule of law." Canadian negotiating with the Democrats tion last week over Trump poli- open-air sites, they found pub- tered in 52 welfare camps. Police detective chief superin- continued support by reporting cellations as their airport tried Foreign Affairs Minister on desperately needed Border cies. lic restrooms closed. Some other The search and rescue tendent Jason Tingley said in a anything suspicious, contacting to recover its operations. Chrystia Freeland had Security (Gangs, Drugs, Human The uncertainty also helped Washington tourist sites includ- teams have been mobilised statement. us with any information in rela- “Safety is Gatwick’s top said Saturday that detentions Trafficking & more) but it could pushed Wall Street into anoth- ing the White House Visitor together with boats. Drones were sighted tion to the drone incidents at priority and we are grateful for were "not only a Canadian be a long stay.” er rout on Friday, ending its Center, National Christmas The Navy and the Army buzzing around the airfield Gatwick.” passengers’ continued patience issue" and repeated a call for the Trump has dug in on his worst week in a decade. Tree, and National Archives — personnel have also been more than 50 times, forcing the The airport has offered a as we work to get them to their "immediate" release of the two demand for USD5 billion for “Oh I think it’s ridiculous. home to the US Constitution engaged in the relief and rescue government to bring in spe- 50,000 (USD 63,000, 56,000 final destination in time for men who had been "detained construction of the border wall, It’s unnecessary,” Philip Gibbs, and other historic documents — missions. cialist military resources to euro) pound reward for infor- Christmas,” the airport said. arbitrarily". a signature campaign promise a retired business professor were closed. 2 4 0 !P ' < R % >74"-:1 The prime minister’s office “The decision to remove the intelligence field, and many the coalition fighting the and advanced weapons deliv- has not confirmed the meeting the 2,000 US soldiers from other security fields.” Islamic State group, Brett eries to Hezbollah. sraeli Prime Minister reported by Israeli media. Syria won’t change our consis- Separately, Israel’s military McGurk, has also resigned. A friendly fire incident in IBenjamin Netanyahu sought Trump last week said the tent policy,” Netanyahu said at chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot told The withdrawal abruptly September that led to a Russian > on Sunday to calm domestic Islamic State group had been the start of a cabinet meeting. a conference on Sunday that ends American influence in the plane being downed by Syrian concerns over US President defeated and he was with- “We will continue to act the US decision was “a signif- war-ravaged country and gives air defences during an Israeli % "-3-- in Sanaa. Donald Trump’s decision to drawing the United States’ against Iran’s attempt to estab- icant event but it should not be Turkey an opening to attack strike has however complicat- On Friday, the UN Security withdraw from Syria, saying his 2,000 troops from Syria. lish a military presence in overstated”. “For decades we’ve US-backed Kurds in Syria. ed Israeli operations there. he head of the UN team Council unanimously approved country will still act against Israel has seen the US pres- Syria, and if the need arises, we been handling this front alone,” But Israel is particularly Russia subsequently Ttasked with monitoring a a resolution authorising the Iran there. ence in neighbouring Syria as a will even expand our activities Eisenkot said. concerned about the presence upgraded Syrian air defences fragile ceasefire in Yemen’s deployment of observers to Netanyahu will also report- bulwark against its main enemy there.” He added that he want- Trump’s decision to with- of Iran there as well as with the delivery of the port city of Hodeida arrived in Hodeida, which is held by the edly meet US Secretary of State Iran and a counterweight to ed to “calm those concerned”. draw from Syria -- as well as Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite advanced S-300 system, which the rebel-held capital of Sanaa rebels and has been subjected Mike Pompeo when he travels Russia. Both Russia and Iran “Our cooperation with the reduce forces in Afghanistan - group backed by Tehran. Israel Damascus had said would on Sunday, an AFP photogra- to an offensive by pro-govern- to Brazil for the January 1 inau- support Syrian President Bashar United States continues full- - led US Defence Secretary Jim has carried out hundreds of air make Israel “think carefully” pher said. ment forces. guration of new president Jair al-Assad’s regime in the coun- force, and takes place in many Mattis to quit in disagreement. strikes in Syria against what it before carrying out further air Retired Dutch general A halt to fighting in the Bolsonaro. try’s civil war. fields -- the operational field, The US special envoy to says are Iranian military targets raids. Patrick Cammaert is heading a strategic port city follows joint committee including intense diplomatic efforts members of the government which culminated in peace and the Huthi rebels, in charge talks earlier this month in & 4" 8 #I of monitoring a truce in the Sweden, where the warring Red Sea city and its surround- parties agreed to the truce ings. which came into force on C Cammaert was greeted by Tuesday. C5/6 head of the Huthi delegation, The ceasefire remained % :=3 =3 Ali al-Mushki, and a number of shaky, however, with both sides O>,$6$+4+42+412$ deported to India. other members of the UN accusing each other of viola- An Upper Tribunal of the % :=3 =3 become familiar with new seeing al-Qaeda appear in areas team at Sanaa international tions in Hodeida province. n Indian man who was <,+14*241* Immigration and Asylum methods and still aspire to we thought were dormant,” airport. He did not comment The UN monitoring team Aconvicted of 23 counts of ,$4$$1#*>+* Chamber judge said in a error group al-Qaeda is on aviation attacks,” he said. Wallace told the newspaper. upon arrival. aims to secure the functioning sexual abuse of a male child 6,66+46$+4#*21,$6 judgement published recently: Ta resurgent mode and may The minister said the gov- Al-Qaeda and its affiliates He is making a stop in of Hodeida port and supervise within his family has been +,4$4+#$4 “It is my conclusion that the be plotting major terrorist ernment had pumped in 25 are now believed to be active in Sanaa before heading to the withdrawal of fighters from stripped of his British citizen- appellant obtained naturalisa- attacks on airports and airlin- million pounds into a joint UK Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Hodeida, a lifeline port city that the city. ship and faces deportation to ,2,$* *,$+1*4 tion in 2004 by deliberately ers, Britain’s security Minister Home Office and Department Libya and other countries in serves as the entry point for the The text approved by India. +,<4$*2,$ 4 concealing material facts.” warned on Sunday. for Transport research pro- the Middle East. majority of imports to war-torn the Security Council “insists on The man, who can only be 1422>6#$+1,* A Home Office The terrorist group behind gramme on how to protect The UK minister said Yemen, a UN official said, the full respect by all parties of identified as RSD for legal rea- *12*6,$*+, spokesperson said: “Any British the 9/11 attacks on the World planes even more from improvements in airport secu- after holding talks Saturday the ceasefire agreed” for sons, came to the UK from <#+,$;$26$+4+;6,,+,$* Citizen may be deprived of his Trade Center in New York in new chemicals, different meth- rity meant terrorists were less with Yemen government offi- Hodeida. India in 1997 and was granted or her citizenship if the 2001 poses a growing threat ods of explosion and insider likely to smuggle explosives cials in Aden. It authorises the United British citizenship in 2004. In 14#**6+>,$+1# Secretary of State is satisfied that is keeping ministers threats. through terminal security sys- On Saturday, Cammaert Nations to “establish and 2011, he was found guilty of ,4,6*66#**P that it would be conducive to “awake at night”, Ben Wallace He noted that the decline tems. urged the government and the deploy, for an initial period of grooming and raping a 7-year- the public good. It is a power told The Sunday Times. of the Islamic State (ISIS) ter- “They have explored other Saudi-led coalition backing the 30 days from the adoption of old child. citizenship on the grounds that used for extreme and excep- “The aviation threat is rorist group meant al-Qaeda ways of getting bombs on loyalists to uphold the ceasefire this resolution, an advance According to a ‘Sunday when he applied to be a UK cit- tional cases. real,” he warned, adding that would seek to reassert itself as planes. We’ve talked publicly that came into effect last week, team to begin monitoring” the Telegraph’ report, a UK court izen he lied about the fact he “Deprivation on conducive British intelligence had the world’s leading terror group about an insider threat issue. If said UN spokesman Stephane ceasefire, under Cammaert’s sentenced him to 14 years was sexually abusing a child. grounds can be used where revealed that al-Qaeda was and an aviation attack could be you can’t get in the front door, Dujarric. leadership. imprisonment and placed him The man won an appeal individuals pose a threat to developing technology to bring its calling card. you’re going to try to get in the He also “sought their com- Around 10,000 people have on the sexual offenders’ regis- against that decision but a national security, or have been down passenger jets. “al-Qaeda sat quietly in back door,” he said. mitment and cooperation to been killed since the Saudi-led ter for life after finding him to senior judge has ruled in involved in war crimes, serious “Aviation is still a blue the corner and tried to work “In 2019 we should be secure the unhindered flow of intervention, according to the have groomed and raped the favour of the Home and organised crime, and unac- riband event for these terror- out what the 21st century alert to al-Qaeda. They are re- humanitarian aid”, said World Health Organisation, boy between 2003 and 2010. Secretary, Sajid Javid, uphold- ceptable behaviours such as ists. Al-Qaeda are resurgent. looked like, while ISIS became energising some previous links Dujarric, adding that although rights groups say the In what is believed to be ing the decision to strip RSD of extremism or glorification of They have reorganised. They the latest terrorist boy band, but and support and their ambition Cammaert will “convey death toll could be five times the first case of its kind, the UK his passport this month, which terrorism, unless to deprive are pushing more and more they have not gone away — towards aviation is real,” he similar messages” to the Huthis higher. Home Secretary removed his means he now faces being would render them stateless.” plots towards Europe and have they have reorganised. You’re added. "# %# ( #) ("%*+,*-./ F $ N * . ! % !7-<"8*$ "-* - % ith the current year wrap- only included growing work stress % ping up, 2019 is all set to amongst employees or maintaining Wmark new travel habits a work-life balance, but also a cer- < and trends that will blend the desire tain technological advance enabling to head to unexplored and off-beat “work from anywhere”, which cre- 1 # destinations in the coming year. ated a win-win situation for both ! Indians are travelling like never employers and employees. )4$>++,! before. And these travellers have Destinations like the New York, O # varied aspirations to explore newer London, Singapore, Malaysia and L3% 7 destinations across the world, both Tokyo were top of their Bleisure on shoe-string and lavish budgets. appeal in 2018. One of the hottest trends in Sports Tourism gained popular- #< 2018 was Cross Generational Travel. ity too in the year 2018, owing to the '1 ( As travelling with an extended 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, family, in-laws or grandparents and will surely continue to grow in became ‘cooler’, this led to a new 2019 with the ICC World Cup in trend of cross-generational trips, England and Wales. Sports enthu- that takes everyone in a family to a siasts plan months in advance to new aspect of a destination. And visit host countries to not just this has rewards in the form of enjoy the game live, but also travel #$ strengthened bonds and memories. and explore a new country. Another hot trend was Multi- A powerhouse of Long- Destination Travel. Many travellers Weekends, 2018 witnessed a never- 7 prefer clubbing destinations to their seen-before boost to weekend get- existing itinerary as it helps them to aways and staycations. Destinations strike off several places at one go that are a mere short-drive or a which proves to be cost effective. flight away make for a perfect ,*'&;4$$42- For example, experiencing The Weekend Getaway. Goa, Alibaug Great Barrier Reef in Queensland and Lonavala were extremely pop- and performances at the Opera ular amongst Mumbaikars. For 34%:A- %8-8-< 1*$$-: 1 House in Sydney, clubbed with Delhiites, Agra, Jaipur, Shimla, * Bungee Jumping at the Kawarau Mussoorie and Dehradun were #M Bridge in Queenstown or experienc- favored destinations for short stays. ing the night safari in Kenya Staycations were extremely popular $ ost people might music thus making a mix that a Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, clubbed with the pristine beaches at amongst Indians who wanted to > 0! # believe that very few artistes have done in Guwahati, Jaipur, before culmi- Seychelles would be cheaper than avoid travel but at the same time Nucleya has been the country. He says, “EDM nating in Kochi. doing each separately. wanted to enjoy the luxuries of a star around only for music is very repetitive and He tells us that the album is Since the release of Dil hotel, primarily giving them the feel O8E the past few hence, it is challenging to give it the result of his long pending Dhadakne Do, a full-length Hindi of a holiday without getting out of Myears. But the phenomenon that a new-looking sound every- ideas of bringing Indian bass, film shot on a cruise, experiencing the city. ! ? is Udyan Sagar, who is better time. The trick is to find what reggae and dance music togeth- the sea aboard a luxury liner became Sleepcations turned out to be a @/8E F+ known by his stage name, came space can be filled within the er along his profound love for extremely popular with Indian trav- growing trend amongst Indians + about bit by bit since the 1990s. palate of the Indian taste of experimental sounds of pop. ellers. Once considered to be too travellers. Exclusively designed for 8 Today, he is the face of the music.” The album has many collabora- expensive, cruise holidays are no sleep deprived travellers with high beginning of electronic dance Only a few of his fans know tions including ones with actress longer the reserve of the rich and pressure jobs, ‘sleepcators’ often / music (EDM) in India. And as about Udyan’s projects during and singer Shruti Hassan and wealthy only. This trend has gained end up in mountains or at beaches if to acknowledge that he has his teenage years in Ahmedabad. singer and rapper Raftaar, along momentum among all age groups in for a relaxed time and, of course, to ! finally arrived, a luxury and There was one known as the with indie artists, Rashmeet 2018 as the experience to board a catch up on their sleep. Kerala, Goa + lifestyle magazine recently called Local Ahmedabad Dance Music Kaur, Avneet Kurmi and Vibha cruise has great aspirational value and Gokarna were the most pre- / Nucleya a force to be reckoned that he had launched as a genre Saraf. among Indian travellers. Also keep- ferred locales for a sleepcation. 0 with. more than 20 years ago. He rem- * =3O$- 7 Udyan reveals the signifi- ing the Indian value-seekers in While travelling in large groups So how did he first decide to inisces about the past when cance of the title of the album, mind, a cruise holiday is a great continues to remain a prominent make music through mixing asked about how he and his $8-$ 1*" Tota Myna, “My mother called value for money — owing to all- trend amongst Indian travellers, some Indian Desi and interna- music evolved over time. He says Smriti (wife) and me Tota Myna inclusive packages. Asian waters 2018 also dedicated a fraction of 8 tional Rock beats? He laughs and that not just him but the over- :*3< $= when we were younger. We continue to remain as cruise itself to the young Solo Travellers. 8P answer that he always had the all music industry has evolved 74 =7 were inseparable, like the love hotspots due to air connectivity and Solo Tours are the best outlet for + urge to find his own tunes. So he manifolds, including the audi- birds.” pricing. However, Alaska Cruises, travellers who desire privacy and started using Indian, Western, ence. “There’s a much larger "4&"$-3% He says about the album, “It Bahamas and Florida Cruises, South freedom to explore locales at their + ! ( Classical, Jazz, Electronic, Rock, audience to reach out to today. represents the special place that American and Transatlantic cruis- own pace. Cities that are rich in his- together. He says, “The idea was The industry is massive now and -&4"# 4$= love songs and pop music has in es along with River cruises in tory and culture such as Berlin, + just to make a new sound. It was is also full of opportunities. I "=12=2:! our lives. It is nostalgic as it Europe continue to garner increas- Rome, Florence, Krakow are the +/P very unintentional. I made personally feel that I have "4%8 reminds me of the time when ing interest. best spots for some soul-searching. L2 music for myself. Like-minded become more of a musician we were not married.” An unusual trend that got With the growing demand of people started getting attracted now as I have gained more -%$*5*$*" The album art is inspired by noticed in 2018 was Glamping — unconventional accommodation to it and that’s how it perhaps awareness about diverse things the love birds seen on the trucks luxurious camping. 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However, he parted ways tative. -7 ies have discussed the drug siastic response from Indian trav- ditionally have not been done as he wasn’t expecting anything He highlights that when he 2-""*=3-$ used at rave parties, which has ellers. before. As 2018 comes to an end, # big but wanted to go in a con- first started, “there were lesser led to the inevitable assumption Business mixed with leisure, many of these trends will continue $ trastingly different direction number of night clubs or party -&=4$$8 that it is ‘drug music.’ It is Bleisure, continued to change the to grow in the coming year as trav- and hence, started experiment- houses. People partied less. 14"*%-"-3 known to be linked to substance Indian workplace culture in 2018, el enthusiasts will always be on a ing. It was at this time that There was no concept of a ‘night abuse and escapism. 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Due to some peo- !* among electronica fans in India. is also actively gathering inputs ple, such activities are creating #* / Koocha means ‘street’ in Urdu. from international music as a harmful image of those who * O Success came through a cir- well. Clubs have today dedicat- are passionate about the music !* cuitous path, he acknowledges, ed their regular music to this as an art form. Associating the #M “I am not a trained musician. My genre. Many of them have spe- two things negate the artistic creative process has been an cial ‘EDM nights.’” value and the creativity of $ - open-ended one but at the same The musician is now all music. It not only trivialises the time exciting too.” geared up for his Sunburn Arena culture around it but also spoils > ,# The Laung Gawacha com- tour in six cities of India, which the fun for those who actually poser talks about how he man- would also mark the launching only came for amusement.” aged to bring the style of inter- of his new album, Tota Myna. (The musician also per- 1 1 national EDM artists to Indian The tour will be travelling to formed in the city yesterday.) 62 - / ' 0 0N! /44 $15 very relationship has a all these things, and your friends B breaking point. Even yours might not be there. with Facebook. There’s a If you find your mind wan- E way out, though the social net- . ' dering back to Facebook as you ! work will try to win you back go through your day, thinking with promises to do better. how you might craft a post H # Maybe even flowers. 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The new age trend of . online shopping has been able to break the psychological barrier of experiencing a product via touch and feel. Therefore, the luxury pay- masters who are looking for discounts are now comfort- $ ! ! able in splurging online. Even people who are not looking H for discounts on luxury brands prefer shopping online because of the wider selection of products available. #&7->A= * The ease of shopping lux- ury brands in the comfort of &7-81-<41-73*<43>>* their home gives the shoppers a better way to explore an e all remember how extensive variety at better 2018 started with prices, as compared to the Wviolent clashes offline stores. The customers between people from various can easily access multiple castes in western region of brands all at one place with India, which incidentally is just a few clicks. People no known for its rich cultural longer have to travel abroad in heritage. The question that order to get steal deals because continues to baffle people is the domestic portals give what was the need to clash them the convenience to shop over an event that took place international luxury brands more than hundreds of years anywhere, anytime without ago? More importantly, does any hassle. As we have seen in it makes any sense? the past, the majority of lux- But it was not as if India was ury online shoppers in our the only place which was country consisted of millenni- plagued by senseless violence. als in the age group of 21-30, It also occurred across the who wanted luxury items on world and points to the need discounts. But the year 2018 of paying due attention to the !!+ + ! values which have eroded saw the non online shoppers in the the age group of 30-50 over a period of time. It is also hard-working and sincere coming on board and making essential that we understand worker but one does not get $ !3-<4:&->-> a shift. These were the ones the nature, the scope and the economic justice at the hands who earlier didn’t prefer to functional aspects of these of the employer, one’s mind make big purchases online. values. Take for example, the ceases to have love and regard he recent years have years, we have witnessed a pushed the customers to try consumers, which could never There has been a great world-wide protests against a for his employer whom he witnessed the evo- major shift in the shopping the online payment method be available offline as the realisation of the benefits of book written by an author now considers as selfish and lution of the Digital segment — from offline to and trust it like never before. physical stores face the issue online shopping in this partic- who has won a Booker prize, exploitative. Thus, love and Era in our country. online in tier two and three According to of extremely high rentals and ular segment, which previous- or against a dictator’s call to regard, as values, lose their Slowly and steadily, cities as well. Darveys.com’s annual report space constraints in our coun- ly never came online to pur- kill that writer. It is being said, strength and are unable to sus- theT market culture is shifting The demonetisation drive 2017-18, 28 per cent of regu- try which leads to smaller chase anything. The hectic in this context, that one has, tain themselves, if they are not from offline to online in our in November 2016 changed lar COD customers made a stores. This is turn means lifestyle, ever-growing depen- no doubt, the right to freedom responded or reciprocated country, which is quite evident the dynamics of the luxury repeat purchase via online that there are only limited col- dence on smartphones, the of expression but one has also with economic or social jus- from the fact that online shop- space in two major ways. mode after demonitisation, lections at their stores. impact of western culture and the duty to respect the feelings tice. pers have quadrupled in When 86 per cent of the cash and 67 per cent of new online The online shopping cul- increased brand awareness of others. In other words, one A similar explanation can be recent years. From everyday was removed from circulation, transactors, who earlier pre- ture and in turn sector has through various mediums are has the right to enjoy one’s given for the tangled problem essentials to your favourite customers became more cau- -$$83$*7 ferred COD (cash on delivery) been booming at an exponen- few of the reasons why the freedom of expression in a of a southern state whose luxury brands, everything is tious about what they are *3 4"$7A:5:!*3 mode have continued to use tial rate in our country and is older generation also caught way that it does not infringe head became estranged from on the freedom of faith of oth- the central government available online these days. paying for the items. Earlier $71"=.:4)47A! the online mode after their directly affecting the offline onto the trend. This new age trend in the the customers who were hap- shift to the online payment for sector. Online portals have Looking forward to the ers. This, therefore, means because he felt that the latter market is the result of various pily shopping luxury brands $878-"&3- the first time. At the entire been studying this behaviour- year 2019, the online luxury seg- that freedom of expression did not meet their justified factors, the biggest one of offline and paying full price >412=. industry level, in terms of lux- al change of the Indian con- ment is expected to provide and, for that matter, every demands to act with a spirit of other value is not absolute. fairplay, justice and good-will them being the high penetra- for them made a considerable 27%3$.7=1 ury, there has been a jump of sumers. In order to be on the greater accessibility to brands tion of smartphones, which shift to try online players 22 per cent from cash on top of their game, they have and collections in tier two and On the other hand, just as towards him and his state. All these examples and expla- has led to increased accessibil- ranging from international %-"8=3 :*57A delivery to online transac- been offering amazing ser- tier three markets of the coun- rights and duties put limits on each other, values also delim- nations show that not only are ity to the internet across the websites like Net-a-porter, $= * *$-: tions in the last two years vices, simplified try. Luxury fashion sector shall there certain values, such as tol- country. Around five years Neiman Marcus to domestic across the industry. return/exchange policies and be one of the first sectors where- it each other’s functional area $7-3"-%$*=3" and scope. If we neglect this erance, patience, steadfastness, ago, the trend of online shop- websites like Darveys.com, Online websites have faster delivery timelines. They in online sales shall surpass non-violence and more which ping was majorly popular and which offer more brands, =57$8:-"$ given an increased access to a are constantly improving offline sales in our country. aspect of values in the present- day world, then also we find are prerequisite to the firm available in the metropolitan newer styles and better prices, $9=A-7" wider variety of luxury brands themselves to compete with (The author is the Director establishment of values in a cities only, but in the last two all on one platform. It also and collections to the Indian the physical stores in order to of a luxury brand.) many kinds of dissonance and dissensions in our society. society, but also that in order to Further, we may find dis- build a society based on values, a sizeable group of people who If men cannot control their urges agreement among individuals or among communities in are steadfast in their commit- 1 upon seeing a beautiful girl, let them ment to values and who wear blindfolds. Why should women their value-judgements. In the above case, for example, some observe tolerance, patience and H hide themselves behind ghungats and non-violence are needed even burkhas? If men get so excited seeing consider ‘freedom of expres- sion’ while others are con- when they find that there is no a woman alone at night, let them be cerned about the respect for reciprocity to their observance indoors before sunset — why do the others’ religious feelings, as a of the values of love, respect women have to do so? I cannot help higher value. In such cases, it and so on. And, such a sizeable &7? but think that our morality is upside is tolerance and non-violence group, which observes moral down and inside out. that can maintain peace, pre- and human values in the face Some time ago, I had written an vent further erosion of values of provocations and tempta- article on the need for stories about or restore stability to the soci- tions, can come into existence sexual assault and rape for young ety. only when spiritual values and ,;(;,&;- readers, for that is the group of peo- goals, which have their origin We must bear in mind that ple who I work with and for. I had an erosion in values takes place in and direct support and sus- overwhelming response from total if there is no reciprocity. For tenance from God inspire strangers and dear friends urging me example, if one is an honest, them. to write it and wishing they had such ,;4;(= a story when they were being sexual- ly victimised. Many confessed for the very first don’t often write about mytholo- time that this had happened to them gy. It’s today’s stories that engage — they had no platform to talk. Ime. Yet I found myself suddenly Others had actually told an adult, drawn to an ancient story. What sometimes a mother, about the assault drew me in was how relevant the and they had been told to be quiet questions it raises are today. Especially about it and make sure that they were today. never alone with the man again. One of the stories around why the Again, the burden of protection River Saraswati is subterranean goes and shame became the victim’s to like this, Brahma gave birth to carry. The criminal, because surely Saraswati from his forehead. As she that is what he is, went scot free much leapt out, he was so taken up by her of the time. beauty that he “fell in love” and start- today? For me, it is the fact that ; The question that is so relevant is And yes, I don’t believe in trial by ed to pursue her. Horrified at the Brahma continues to be worshipped A ( why does the burden of “shame” rest social media either. The converse sit- advances of her father, Saraswati fled as a god (yes, let’s put that in a small +( upon the victim, especially one who has uation is also true. Men who are being and disappeared underground. She ‘g’ and not dignify it with a reverent suffered sexual advances? Why does the named in the #MeToo storm should may or may not have made a brief capital letter). And she, poor thing, + + perpetrator of sexual excesses contin- also get equal recourse to tell their sto- appearance, there are different ver- spent her life fleeing the lustful gaze ! / ue to be whatever he was ordained to ries. I don’t agree with giving one half sions of that story. But all versions or worse of her own father. 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Oinsisted having "good defence well, we saw that with any play, play- Ballon d'Or winner Modric struck from players" was the key to his ing with the space (left behind) we could score," long range in the 14th minute after a promis- instant impact as Manchester said Valverde. ing start by the underdog Al Ain. He then United caretaker manager in Dembele put the hosts into the lead after just placed a corner kick for Sergio Ramos to put a 5-1 thumping of Cardiff on nine minutes when he lashed home on the the result beyond doubt at 3-0 in the 79th. Saturday. rebound after Messi's first-time shot was pushed Midfielder Marcos Llorente also scored Not since Alex Ferguson's into his path by Celta keeper Ruben Blanco. from outside the area for Madrid's second goal final game in charge in 2013 Messi doubled his side's advantage just to help the European champions claim a had United scored five goals before half-time, bursting through competely record-extending seventh world in a single Premier League unmarked to meet the excellent Jordi Alba's title. Losing 3-0, Al Ain defender game and the Red Devils through ball and wrong-foot Tsukasa Shiotani headed in a con- looked a side transformed Blanco as he slotted in his 15th solation goal, then teammate Yahia from the turgid football of league goal of the season. Nader scored an own goal in stop- Jose Mourinho's final days in then the next game lose." The Argentine and Alba page time. charge. The visiting fans enthusi- linked up nicely throughout, Madrid, which has won the last "They are very good play- astically chanted Solskjaer's with the left-back providing the three Champions Leagues, has also ers, talented players, they've name throughout and were pass for the Messi shot that led won the last three Club World approached the game proper- enjoying their side moving the to Dembele's opener. Cups. They now have three more world titles ly and worked hard. A Man ball around with a speed and "They (Messi and Alba) are a duo that have than the next best, AC Milan. Utd team should never be out- accuracy more reminiscent been working together for some time, they "It's been an unforgettable year for me," worked," said Solskjaer. of his days as a player at Old understand each other perfectly," added said Modric, who led Croatia to the World The Norwegian has been Trafford when United domi- Valverde. Cup final in July. put in charge until the end of nated English football. "Let's hope they carry on working well." "It's been perfect. We won the the season after Mourinho "It's nothing like they have Luis Suarez missed a great opportunity to out on a Ballon d'Or despite winning the Champions League, I had a spectacular was sacked on Tuesday and been playing," said Cardiff put the result beyond any doubt on the hour Europa League with Atletico last season and World Cup with Croatia, and now I have won could not have asked for a bet- boss Neil Warnock. "We mark when he flashed wide after being found the World Cup with France in the summer, is another title with Madrid. It's been a dream ter start in the Welsh capital. expected that from the by Alba with another fine pass, but despite fre- on a fine run of form after having saved his year." As well as getting teamsheet." quently testing Barca keeper Marc-Andre ter side with a late winner at Real Valladolid last Al Ain reached the final after proving to Solskjaer off to a flying start, Pogba was at the heart of Stegen, Celta could not find the goal that would week. be the surprise of the short tournament. The victory also sees United cru- United's best work and having have put the Catalans under real pressure. His winner on Saturday was his fourth in local club from the United Arab Emirates cially close the gap on the been fouled for the free-kick three games after bagging a brace last week and upset South American champion River Plate Premier League top four to leading to Marcus Rashford's H scoring in Atletico's 3-0 hammering of Alaves in the semifinals on penalties. eight points thanks to opener, his intelligent Earlier, Griezmann smashed home from a fortnight ago. "This title is merited by my players," Chelsea's 1-0 home pass picked out Ander the spot 10 minutes after the break to give "It was important to win regardless of how "Antoine is an excellent goalscorer," added Madrid coach Santiago Solari said. defeat by Leicester earli- Herrera, whose shot Diego Simeone's side three points from a hard- we did it," said Atletico captain Diego Godin. Godin. "He works for the team brilliantly and Of Llorente, he added: "He has been er in the day. flicked off Greg fought match with mid-table Espanyol that "We go into the (two-week) winter break helps with his his goals." working hard, even when no one was watch- "We're eight points Cunningham to loop extended Atletico's unbeaten league run to 14 happy with the three points." Sevilla can join Atletico on 34 points with ing." Earlier, River beat Kashima Antlers 4- behind, so our job is to over the helpless Neil matches. The 27-year-old Griezmann, who missed a win at Leganes on Sunday late night clash. 0 for third place. take one game at a time," Etheridge to make it 2- added Solskjaer. 0 inside half an hour. "We always play well If Solskjaer's side 02 in the second half of the sea- were fortunate then, it was 0 / son." Cardiff who got a break nine 5# Q " 4 ! Paul Pogba was forced to minutes later when the assis- Kolkata: 1 & " watch the full 90 minutes tant referee adjudged from the bench last weekend Rashford to have handled : .% * : % $47*3 " " " # A third last season, are now 25 as Liverpool inflicted the final rather than control the ball < '6F( points behind Juventus and blow to Mourinho's time in with his shoulder inside the : ario Mandzukic scored drop to 10th after their eighth charge with a 3-1 win that left area. #8 < Mthe only goal for defeat in as many trips to the United 19 points off the top Victor Camarasa's per- 1 & Juventus to dump further Allianz Stadium. They have after just 17 games. fectly-taken penalty could hurt on crisis club Roma and won just twice in The French World Cup- have sparked a collapse for a / keep the champions unbeat- the league since winner was restored from the team short on confidence in #$ 1 en and on track for an eighth the end of start for the first time in four recent times. straight Italian league title. September. league games and looked far Instead, United respond- The Croatian World Cup more like the player United ed resoundingly with a fan- & 0#1 & & 1 2 .% runner-up headed in the splashed a then world-record tastic team goal as a quick # winner 34 minutes into the Inter Milan £89 million ($113 million) interchange of passes between match in Turin to put were held 1-1 at on in 2016 than the one that Pogba and Jesse Lingard freed 00 0 Juventus back eight points bottom club Chievo to fall clashed with his former boss Anthony Martial to score his Mumbai: 3 1 clear of Napoli. eight points behind Napoli, off the field and disappointed ninth goal of the season. 1 1 A. The defeat could have with the two clubs going on it for much of the past two Lingard took responsibil- S , been harsher but for Roma head-to-head in the San Siro seasons. ity from the spot just before goalkeeper Robin Olsen on December 26. the hour mark after another %%* 9 * O 0 I "H % " # $ denying Cristiano Ronaldo, 66 $ 4' 8 ' 4 ! ' Inter looked set for vic- soft penalty was awarded for 1 with Douglas Costa having a tory when Ivan Perisic scored "The performance of the a foul by Sol Bamba on the 5 1 ! late goal ruled out following teen and we're winter cham- December 26 and 29, before Juve — who have only the opener six minutes before team was great and we are England international. 1 ! a video assistant referee check pions," said coach pausing for three weeks. dropped points against Genoa the break, but the evergreen happy that the first game of And Lingard was the ben- # because of a foul in the build- Massimiliano Allegri, refer- "We haven't won any- — travel to Atalanta and host Sergio Pellissier, 39, gave his the manager starts like this," eficiary of another defence- . ! 0 6 up. ring to the name given to thing yet," added Allegri. Sampdoria in their final two side an early Christmas pre- said Pogba. "It's important splitting pass from Pogba a 77 $ " "We are doing good teams top before Christmas. "The important thing is to be matches before the end of the sent when he lobbed Inter now to carry on like that. minute from time as he ! 5 things, we have reached the Serie A is however hold- a few points ahead of Napoli year. goalkeeper Samir Handanovic "We cannot play like this rounded Etheridge and slotted % 1 Champions League last six- ing a round of fixtures on on the 29th of December." Roma, after finishing a minute into injury time. and win with five goals and into an empty net. , # ( )% /%'& Imphal: 1 2 /" ,8 * 8 P .% 1 S 3 .% * : < : " # % 2-7*" % .7-3<.47$ $ # ylian Mbappe grabbed the winner as Paris Saint- he evergreen Franck Ribery $ KGermain beat Nantes 1-0 to go into the winter Tscored for the third time in four ! ! break unbeaten in Ligue 1, as Thierry Henry's days as reigning champions Bayern 1 #$ Monaco suffered defeat by rock-bottom Guingamp Munich moved up to second in the 3 on Saturday. Bundesliga table on Saturday with 8 * : / World Cup star Mbappe stole in at the far post a 3-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt, 1 in the 67th minute for his 13th league goal of the sea- leaving them six points behind son, making him France's top scorer with Neymar leaders Borussia Dortmund. 0 # away on holidays in Brazil. After more than a decade at PSG coach Thomas Tuchel can also go on hol- Bayern, Ribery, 35, made another % iday relaxed with his club on 47 points, as second- strong argument for an extension Milan: & 7 3 placed Lille, 13 points adrift, lost 2-1 at home to to his contract, which expires in * 1 Toulouse. June, with a double in Frankfurt U U! "I'm very happy because we can see the progress having also scored in Wednesday's " # U.% * of the team," said Tuchel. "You can feel the energy; 1-0 victory over RB Leipzig in 1 7 3 it's a good thing to build on next year." Munich. ? 8 $ With Neymar away, Angel Di Maria was in the "The last few games have ; ? $ ? 6 ? $ !U line-up and came closest to making it 2-0, forcing a shown what Bayern can do — I # $ fine save from Nantes goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu, want to praise Franck, he did hour when both sides had clear utes. who then watched the Argentine hit the crossbar from exceptionally well," said coach chances, Bayern broke Rafinha scored a * ! the rebound. Niko Kovac with Bayern having through when Thomas minute from time when his 0 S Meanwhile, third-placed Lyon drew 1-1 at won their last five league games, Mueller found Robert cross-shot flew over Trapp's #8 fourth-placed Montpellier after opening the scoring scoring 13 goals. Lewandowski in the box and reach and into the Frankfurt " ! % " # thanks to their captain Nabil Fekir before a great head- Ahead of the four-week winter the Poland striker flicked the net. er from Ruben Aguilar gave the surprise-package break, Rafinha scored a late third ball onto Ribery to tap home %H ) 00& southerners a share of the spoils. as Bayern trimmed the gap to on 35 minutes. Kolkata: & 9 S Henry's Monaco were dreadful and the former Monaco were champions in 2017 but now have Dortmund, who beat Borussia Mueller hit the crossbar just Earlier, RB Leipzig substitute 0F Arsenal striker spat on the ground after Nolan Roux 13 points from 18 matches, just two more than Moenchengladbach 2-1 on Friday. before the break while Thiago Bruma helped fire his team back 0 #1 " '0 ( of Guingamp made fools of the Monaco defence to Guingamp, and vice-president Vadim Vasilyev said It was also a winning return to Alcantara had a penalty appeal for into the Bundesliga title race with make it 2-0. the club needs to dip into the January transfer mar- Frankfurt for Kovac, who master- handball turned down with 20 a dramatic late winner in a 3-2 # "I'm not going to have a good holiday," bemoaned ket. minded Eintracht's shock 3-1 defeat minutes left as Bayern maintained home victory over Werder Bremen. 1 " & 9 Henry. "Now you have to work and make do with "Until tonight, I thought we didn't need new play- of Munich in the German Cup final the pressure. Fourth-placed Leipzig are now , #& what you have. ers, but we do," Vasilyev told Canal+. last May in his last match before Ribery netted for the second just two points behind third-placed # "It's necessary to work and work. There are still "It's difficult to analyse right now as I'm upset like taking charge of the Bavarian time when he casually fired in off Moenchengladbach, after Bruma BN a lot of points to play for and that's the only positive the supporters. I understand the disappointment, it's giants. the post after exchanging passes struck three minutes from time at # <42$* thing about this evening." up to us to act and draw the right conclusions." After an intense opening half- with Joshua Kimmich on 79 min- Leipzig's Red Bull Arena. %# ( #) ("%*+,*-./ "- O $ , & -4"*3%:4 F A-7 % 1:&=473 $ P =: -7%8**3"K4- ce spinner Ravichandran Ashwin remains an injury * Adoubt for the third Test % 1:&=473 % !- against Australia, India coach Ravi Shastri said on Sunday as njured Australia opener Aaron Finch says - " / he demanded his opening bats- Ithe only way he can miss out on the home H & men step up to ease pressure on Boxing Day Test against India is, if someone $ * 1 Virat Kohli. were to "cut off" his finger. % # Ashwin was sidelined with Finch was batting on 25 in Australia's sec- - ! ! an abdominal strain for the sec- ond innings during the second Test in Perth - ond Test in Perth and was sore- when he was hit on his right index finger by $ ly missed as Australia, led by off- a Mohammed Shami delivery. The impact of 2 $ * ! spinner Nathan Lyon, won by the hit was so serious that bones were liter- B# 146 runs to level the series 1-1. ally visible in his finger from a deep cut. $ Need to develop world class Incidentally, it was the same finger which 1 - 9- . # drag-flickers: Tirkey"As far as he had broken earlier and the Australian ODI - ! Ashwin is concerned, we are and T20 captain said the impact was so severe " going to take a look and evalu- that he felt "it was going to explode". &42-. A 2 # ate over the next 48 hours," "It was a bit of a shock, just the initial pain * Shastri said. was the thing that got me. It felt like it was " - ! Left-arm off-spinning all- going to explode, which was quite funny. I - !2 rounder Ravindra Jadeja is also think just being hit a few times in carrying a niggle, but experi- the last month, a couple times enced batsman Rohit Sharma, by Starcy (Mitchell Starc) at who also missed Perth after upon, but Shastri said he didn't training then Shami out in hurting his lower back, is fit have a problem with his skipper. the game, but it's also an old again. "What's wrong with his break. "He has made a very good behaviour? As far as we are con- "I broke the same improvement but then again cerned, he is an absolute gen- finger in Sri Lanka we have got to see how he pulls tleman," he said. a couple of years # - S up tomorrow. But he looks good Shastri also denied India's ago, so I've got - $ H as of today," said Shastri. morale had taken a hit by losing to start either India go into the Melbourne in Perth after their tense victo- catching them 6 ' $ /7 8 P $ ! > showdown with Kohli and num- ry in Adelaide -- their first Test or use my bat : # ber three Cheteshwar Pujara is win on Australian soil in a instead of my $ fine form, effectively carrying order. 8.)8A48.460;4%. decade. gloves. It was up - their team during the Adelaide "They've got the experience, 64H)4H.H862468.).0;% "Absolutely not. 1-1 there (as the - = and Perth games. they've got the exposure over in a series in Australia and most painful). I # But the opening pair of KL these last few years to get out 6%66H%1%8&8. we know we had our think snapping 2 - Rahul and Murali Vijay have there and deliver. It's about how &4%0(&&8I:%%:8.A68% chances in Perth as well. They're my hamstring struggled for runs and Shastri strong you are in the mind." 0)%8.A6)8) ready," he said. tendon (in April # said that needed to change. There is no guarantee that "It's not often that we've 2015) was proba- U9 "It's a big concern," he said Rahul and Vijay will retain their .)%6A0 been in a position where we've bly the most over ! S* when asked about the failure of places with in-form Mayank won one (on an overseas tour). the last few years," - S#* S the openers to get a big score. Agarwal called up to the squad Superstar captain Kohli ed exchanges with Australian It's 1-1. The boys know what he said. S "It's obvious and that as a replacement for injured scored a battling century in counterpart Tim Paine. they can do, what they're capa- But Finch is #8 responsibility and accountabil- young opener Prithvi Shaw, who Perth but he came under criti- His animated wicket cele- ble of and the potential that lies adamant to play in * #M ity has to be taken by the top has been ruled out of the series. cism for his sledging and heat- brations were also frowned ahead." the Boxing Day Test after being cleared by Australia's medical team. & $ 6C) "With a Boxing Day Test, being from Victoria (state), it's % 1:&=473 no expectations on myself and the realising things will take a while to going to have to be wicket actually played pretty well," evolve. Not sure the wicket will cut off (not to play)," ustralia opener Marcus Harris Harris told ESPNcricinfo. break up too much, but we'll just Finch said. Ahas warned against getting car- "It was relatively slow and have to wait and see. "It's going to be a ried away by the grass on the stayed together." "Fortunately we've probably catch and bat today and MCG pitch, saying the track does "I saw this morning the wick- got the best bowling attack in the reassess, but it feels offer runs to those who show et will probably be more similar to world so that looks after itself a lit- like it's improved 100 patience. the South Australia game, where it tle bit, but I think as batters a per cent over the last Harris cited example of a had a bit more green grass on it, patience game will be the key and couple of days. Sheffield Shield match between nipped around a bit but it was one run rates won't be as quick as what "I got sent some new bats, so I've been Victoria and New South Wales on of those wickets where if you play you'd like, but that's the way it will walking around the lounge room and waving 4 $7 % $8 the same pitch, where he thought well you can make runs but if you be." them around. It feels okay," he added. the match would be over in "a day bowl well you can take wickets." MCG curator Matt Page also Desperate for a big score to cement his and a half" but ended up raising an Harris suggested patience is the said that the track will offer some- place in the top-order of the Australian bat- * R ' ' unbeaten 250. virtue to have on the pitch for the thing to everyone. "We want to pro- ting department, Finch said he would continue "Pre-match when I saw the Boxing day Test, starting vide an opportunity for everyone. to review his finger over the next 48 hours wicket I was really freaked out and Wednesday. Whether it's the spinners, it's the even though he is sure of his participation in I thought 'this game's going to be "I think it'll be the same old pace bowlers, or the batters. the match. 6 over in a day and a half and we've thing of patience, the MCG is Providing them opportunities to be "But at this stage, it's still business as usual got blokes trying to vie for Test never a really quick scoring ground able to produce their world-class and I plan to field at slip and do whatever else spots', so I went into the game with anyway, so that'll be the key, just 6 ) [skills] throughout a game." is needed," said the 32-year-old. % 39 :8* nuj Rawat hit a brilliant Acounter-attacking hundred to nullify Avesh Khan's six-wicket haul as Delhi looked set for an out- right win against Madhya Pradesh in a group league encounter here on % 8-<- delivery had been legal, and match referee that every 50-50 deci- Sunday. Brathwaite and his teammates were sion in the ODI series and T20 series Wicket-keeper batsman Anuj est Indies Twenty20 skipper furious after seeing the big screen up to that point went against us." scored 134 off 183 balls as Delhi WCarlos Brathwaite blasted the images in the Dhaka stadium. In the second match, the same scored 261 in their first innings in match umpires for giving "50-50 Brathwaite asked for a review Bangladeshi umpire called reply to MP's modest 132. decisions" to Bangladesh even and ran to the boundary for talks Brathwaite for a wide when A first innings lead of 129 may though his side won the third with match referee Jeff Crowe, halt- Bangladesh skipper Shakib al Hasan well ensure full points for the Twenty20 international to wrap up ing the game for around 10 minutes. clearly edged the ball and wicket- home team. the series. The match officials had to keeper Shai Hope took a catch. The day belonged to left-hand- West Indies, who won Saturday's uphold the decision despite a clear Shakib, who was then on 20, ed Anuj, who played by far the most match by 50 runs, were victims of an mistake as the rules do not allow a went on to score 42 off 26 balls, guid- impressive innings of his nascent erroneous no-ball call that could not review against an on-field no-ball ing Bangladesh to 211-5 before his career so far. be overturned by review and call. 5-21 completed a series-levelling Delhi were reduced to 36 for 5, Braithwaite was critical of the umpir- West Indies, who made 190, win. courtesy Avesh (6/51), who worked ing throughout the tour though he were charged up after the incident In the decisive third and final up brisk pace to unsettle the likes insisted he was not alleging "cheat- and bowled out Bangladesh for 140 one-day international, the umpires of Kunal Chandela (0), Dhruv ing". in 17 overs with medium-pacer G $ $ !%, ' ruled West Indies captain Rovman Shorey (0), Nitish Rana (0) and In the fourth over of the Keemo Paul picking up 5-15. Powell out when it should have been Hiten Dalal (0). Bangladesh innings, Bangladesh "The rule is that if a no-ball is Brathwaite went to the match Those decisions went for a no-ball as Bangladesh illegally had Coached by Rajkumar Sharma innings total. umpire Tanvir Ahmed called a no- called it cannot be reviewed or referee after Thursday's 36-run defeat Bangladesh," he said. six fielders on the leg side. (Virat Kohli's coach), young Rawat Uttar Pradesh skipper Aksh ball against West Indies paceman reversed. But if it isn't called, it can in the second match as he felt close "I never ever want to accuse Brathwaite, who did not play the showed admirable temperament Deep Nath (106) and Rinku Singh Oshane Thomas when batsman be reversed checking the video. decisions throughout the series went someone of cheating. I will stop short game, went on the field with drinks and proper game sense as he first (149) also struck hundreds as the Liton Das spooned a catch to "Everyone saw that it was not a against his side. of that. They are professionals as well. after the Powell dismissal and consolidated with Lalit Yadav (25) hosts dominated the second day of Shimron Hetmyer at mid-off. no-ball," Brathwaite said after the "I didn't think the 50/50 deci- "I didn't accuse them of cheat- became involved in an argument in a 60-run sixth wicket stand. the four-day match. A television replay showed the game. sions were going in our favour. ing but I made my point clear to the with the umpires. Once Lalit was dismissed, For the visitors, Saurabh Das Rawat found an able ally in (4-164) was the pick of the Shivam Sharma (39), bowlers. adding 118 runs for the But in their first seventh wicket. innings, Tripura had a dis- 0 #$ C! Once Delhi got the astrous start with their lead, Rawat batted more openers B B Ghosh (7) and freely hitting on both sides J R Banik (9) falling cheaply. % <=:<-$- Trophy). It was an impressive of the wicket. From 2-16, they were strug- show (at the World Cup). He repeatedly reverse-swept gling at 4-33 as another two wick- ormer captain Dilip Tirkey "All the foreign coaches leg-spinner Mihir Hirwani off the ets fell in quick succession. Fon Sunday said India have their contribution for the rough and for good measure missed a golden chance to Indian team but as of now, hooked Kuldeep Sen for a six. He 0 rewrite history in the just- Harendra Singh is the best also hit a couple of sixes off left-arm Table toppers Saurashtra concluded Hockey World Cup coach for the Indian team. We spinner Kartikeya Singh. and former champions Mumbai and stressed on the need to need to work on this Indian Another former U-19 player, were involved in a keen tussle for develop world class drag-flick- team," he said hailing the 2016 who hogged limelight during the the first innings lead on day two of ers. Junior World Cup winning first half was Avesh, who is having their Elite Group A match at the In the absence of Rupinder coach. a dream Ranji season so far with Wankhede Stadium. Pal Singh, India had three "The coach has done well. close to 35 wickets. Saurashtra bowled out Mumbai dragflickers in young Definitely there has been a for 394 in the first innings in the Harmanpreet, Amit Rohidas development in the standards % morning and then replied with 213 and Varun Kumar but their of coaching." & Uttar Pradesh reduced for five wickets at close, still adrift conversion rate was poor, Tirkey further lavished Tripura to 33/4 after piling up 552/7 of the home teams total by 181 runs recording just 30.7 per cent. praise on the Naveen Patnaik- declared in their Elite Group C after weathering an early collapse India failed to convert pay focus on them. We have to Tirkey said the youngsters bad luck that we could not live league stages," he said referring led Odisha government for match. that saw them slumping to 37 for three of the five penalty corners have a 60-70 per cent conver- failed to live up to the expec- up to the expectations in the to their 2-2 draw against the hosting a successful World Uttar Pradesh rode on a dou- three. they got in their 5-0 mauling of sion rates in important match- tations against the Netherlands quarter-final. Overall it was a champions. Cup. "It was a grand success. ble century by middle order bats- At stumps, Prerak Mankad (56 South Africa in their World es," Tirkey said. as they missed a golden chance good show. I feel we missed the He further said India coach Stars of every field be it in sport man Priyam Garg (206). in 106 balls) was at the crease after Cup opener in Bhubaneswar Having topped their pool to win the World Cup. World Cup," he said. Harendra Singh is doing a fine or glamour world were Garg hammered a listless putting on a stand of107 runs for last month. featuring eventual champions "I feel our youngsters could "After a long time, we saw job. involved in making of the Tripura attack all over the park as the fifth wicket with Jackson who "We need to have world Belgium, the hosts made a not play as per their stan- development in Indian hockey "Harendra Singh is doing tournament. It's time that he stuck 23 boundaries and one six was dismissed by Minad Manjrekar class flickers. We presently quarterfinal exit, going down to dards. Otherwise team's per- team. With a lot of talented extremely well with team. We everyone including the corpo- in his 371-ball knock, which helped with the penultimate ball of the have Harmanpreet, Amit the Netherlands 1-2 in the formance was very good. There youngsters, we looked fit. We lost to Australia in the shoot- rate sector to come forward and the hosts pile up a mammoth first 65thover. Rohidas and Varun. We have to World Cup. was some good tackling. It's drew with Belgium in the out (in the Champions support hockey," he concluded.